Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Robert J. Serling
Charting Nov 26, 1967 → May 12, 1968 · 23 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.81%
- week of Apr 14, 1968
- Career Power
- 116
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 116
- May 1967 – May 1968
- Peak Five Years
- 116
- May 1963 – May 1968
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 23
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 7.26%
- week of Feb 18, 1968
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
1 book · 116 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 President's Plane Is Missing | #6 | 23 | 116.1 |
At their peak
1967 in books →Robert J. Serling's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from May 1967 to May 1968. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Elia Kazan370
- 2William Styron369
- 3Chaim Potok367
- 4Leon Uris347
- 5Gore Vidal304
- 6Thornton Wilder265
- 7Ira Levin260
- 8Catherine Marshall251
- 9Mary Stewart239
- 10Fletcher Knebel172
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1960s.