Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Richard Wright
Charting Mar 11, 1940 → May 9, 2021 · 12 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.13%
- week of May 13, 1940
- Career Power
- 119
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 116
- June 1939 – May 1940
- Peak Five Years
- 116
- June 1935 – May 1940
- Top-five weeks
- 10
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 12
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Mar 18, 1940
- 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
2 books · 119 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native Son | #1 | 11 | 115.6 | ||
| The Man Who Lived Underground | #12 | 1 | 3.2 |