Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Robert Penn Warren

Charting Sep 15, 1946Jan 7, 1962 · 63 weeks with chart power

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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
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After absenceFeb 2, 1947Jul 16, 19501801563.62%1.91%
After absenceJan 14, 1951Oct 9, 19552462419.02%3.40%
After absenceJan 22, 1956Oct 18, 19591931889.02%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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
World and Enough Time#218174.6
The Cave#320104.7
Band of Angels#51582.6
All the King's Men#6950.8
Wilderness#1611.8