Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Robert Ruark

Charting May 8, 1955 → Mar 6, 1966 · 108 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 10.82%; week of Sep 18, 1955
Career Power: 777; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 2; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 363; February 1955 – February 1956
Peak Five Years: 555; May 1955 – May 1960
Top-five weeks: 44; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 108; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Jul 3, 1955
Comebacks: 3; December 1959, August 1962, December 1965

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Mar 25, 1956	Dec 27, 1959	194	188	10.82%	4.33%
After absence	Jun 26, 1960	Aug 5, 1962	110	104	10.82%	3.90%
After absence	Dec 30, 1962	Dec 19, 1965	152	145	10.82%	3.81%

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

4 books · 777 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
Something of Value	#1July 1955	42	May 1955 – February 1956	363.0	363.0
Poor No More	#3December 1959	26	November 1959 – May 1960	192.2	192.2
Uhuru	#4July 1962	24	June 1962 – December 1962	127.8	127.8
The Honey Badger	#6December 1965	16	October 1965 – March 1966	93.9	93.9