Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
R.F. Delderfield
Charting Sep 13, 1970 → Dec 17, 1972 · 48 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 6.18%
- week of Dec 13, 1970
- Career Power
- 296
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 158
- March 1970 – March 1971
- Peak Five Years
- 296
- December 1967 – December 1972
- Top-five weeks
- 9
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 48
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Oct 18, 1970
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
3 books · 296 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| God Is an Englishman | #4 | 24 | 158.2 | ||
| Theirs Was the Kingdom | #5 | 13 | 81.5 | ||
| To Serve Them All My Days | #7 | 11 | 56.7 |