Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Philip Wylie

Charting Jun 5, 1949 → Apr 28, 1963 · 58 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 5.43%; week of Apr 15, 1951
Career Power: 301; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 92; April 1950 – April 1951
Peak Five Years: 249; June 1949 – May 1954
Top-five weeks: 10; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 58; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 9.58%; week of Feb 11, 1951
Comebacks: 3; February 1951, February 1954, March 1963

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Dec 4, 1949	Feb 11, 1951	62	59	3.57%	2.04%
After absence	Jul 15, 1951	Feb 28, 1954	136	133	5.43%	1.91%
After absence	Aug 8, 1954	Mar 31, 1963	448	341	5.43%	2.30%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions (config version 4, Sep 22, 2026). How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction

5 books · 301 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is what each book earned this author: their weekly Power Share, split across their books (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Book Power is the book's own figure, the same for every author on it. Bar length compares books within this list.

Title	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Book Power
The Disappearance	#4February 1951	14	January 1951 – April 1951	91.5	91.5
Tomorrow!	#5March 1954	17	February 1954 – May 1954	90.4	90.4
Opus 21	#7July 1949	16	June 1949 – September 1949	66.9	66.9
Triumph	#6March 1963	8	March 1963 – April 1963	46.1	46.1
The Answer	#15July 1956	3	July 1956 – July 1956	5.7	5.7