Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Richard McKenna
Charting Jan 20, 1963 → Aug 4, 1963 · 29 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 8.84%
- week of May 12, 1963
- Career Power
- 255
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 4
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 255
- August 1962 – August 1963
- Peak Five Years
- 255
- July 1958 – August 1963
- Top-five weeks
- 21
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 29
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Mar 3, 1963
- 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
1 book · 255 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 Sand Pebbles | #2 | 29 | 254.8 |