Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Robert Crichton
Charting Sep 18, 1966 → Apr 22, 1973 · 68 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 13.61%
- week of Mar 19, 1967
- Career Power
- 680
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 18
- weeks as the top author
- 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
- January 1973
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Oct 1, 1967 | Jan 28, 1973 | 278 | 269 | 13.61% | 5.03% |
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 · 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 |