Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Robert Wilder
Charting Feb 10, 1946 → Dec 7, 1969 · 75 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.55%
- week of Jun 18, 1950
- Career Power
- 263
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 68
- September 1949 – August 1950
- Peak Five Years
- 158
- September 1945 – August 1950
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 75
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 7.26%
- week of Jun 11, 1950
- Comebacks
- 4
- June 1948, May 1950, July 1955, September 1960
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Aug 4, 1946 | Jun 27, 1948 | 99 | 97 | 2.53% | 1.38% |
| After decline | Nov 21, 1948 | May 7, 1950 | 76 | 73 | 2.53% | 1.52% |
| After absence | Oct 29, 1950 | Jul 24, 1955 | 246 | 185 | 3.55% | 1.37% |
| After absence | Dec 18, 1955 | Sep 18, 1960 | 246 | 242 | 3.55% | 1.29% |
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
8 books · 263 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wait for Tomorrow | #6 | 18 | 68.3 | ||
| The Wine of Youth | #9 | 16 | 51.2 | ||
| Written on the Wind | #7 | 14 | 47.9 | ||
| Bright Feather | #7 | 11 | 41.4 | ||
| The Sun Is My Shadow | #11 | 8 | 21.1 | ||
| Wind from the Carolinas | #9 | 4 | 17.9 | ||
| An Affair of Honor | #9 | 3 | 13.1 | ||
| And Ride a Tiger | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |