Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Robert Lewis Taylor
Charting Apr 27, 1958 → Oct 22, 1961 · 40 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.16%
- week of Jul 27, 1958
- Career Power
- 136
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 70
- October 1960 – October 1961
- Peak Five Years
- 136
- October 1956 – October 1961
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 40
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 6.32%
- week of Jun 22, 1958
- Comebacks
- 1
- Jun 1961
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
2 books · 136 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Journey to Matecumbe | #8 | 22 | 70.4 | ||
| THE TRAVELS OF JAIMIE McPHEETERS | #7 | 18 | 65.3 |
At their peak
1960 in books →Robert Lewis Taylor's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from October 1960 to October 1961. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Harper Lee564
- 2James A. Michener465
- 3Irving Stone412
- 4Andre Schwarz-Bart373
- 5Allen Drury359
- 6Graham Greene191
- 7Leon Uris190
- 8Elizabeth Goudge158
- 9Edwin O'Connor157
- 10Helen MacInnes140
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.