Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Robert Penn Warren
Charting Sep 15, 1946 → Jan 7, 1962 · 63 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 9.02%
- week of Sep 24, 1950
- Career Power
- 415
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 175
- November 1949 – November 1950
- Peak Five Years
- 225
- November 1945 – November 1950
- Top-five weeks
- 19
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 63
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Jul 30, 1950
- Comebacks
- 3
- July 1950, October 1955, October 1959
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Feb 2, 1947 | Jul 16, 1950 | 180 | 156 | 3.62% | 1.91% |
| After absence | Jan 14, 1951 | Oct 9, 1955 | 246 | 241 | 9.02% | 3.40% |
| After absence | Jan 22, 1956 | Oct 18, 1959 | 193 | 188 | 9.02% | 3.82% |
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
5 books · 415 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World and Enough Time | #2 | 18 | 174.6 | ||
| The Cave | #3 | 20 | 104.7 | ||
| Band of Angels | #5 | 15 | 82.6 | ||
| All the King's Men | #6 | 9 | 50.8 | ||
| Wilderness | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |