Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Robert Crichton
Charting Sep 18, 1966 → Apr 22, 1973 · 68 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
18 crowns
19661973Longest reign 18 weeks (Nov 1966 – Mar 1967) · First crown Nov 1966
- Peak Power
- 13.61%
- week of Mar 19, 1967
- Career Power
- 680
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 18
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 541
- August 1966 – August 1967
- Peak Five Years
- 541
- July 1962 – August 1967
- Top-five weeks
- 42
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 68
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Nov 20, 1966
- Comebacks
- 1
- Jan 1973, after 5 quiet years
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
2 books · 680 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 Secret of Santa Vittoria | #1 | 47 | 541.1 | ||
| The Camerons | #5 | 21 | 139.3 |
At their peak
1966 in books →Robert Crichton's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from August 1966 to August 1967. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Robert Crichton541
- 2Jacqueline Susann476
- 3Allen Drury406
- 4Elia Kazan333
- 5James Clavell267
- 6Thornton Wilder225
- 7Rebecca West212
- 8Harold Robbins177
- 9Mary Renault162
- 10Edwin O'Connor154
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.