Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Robertson Davies
Charting Mar 28, 1971 → Apr 2, 1995 · 26 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.53%
- week of Feb 26, 1989
- Career Power
- 87
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 35
- March 1988 – March 1989
- Peak Five Years
- 66
- March 1984 – March 1989
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 26
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 5.50%
- week of Feb 12, 1989
- Comebacks
- 2
- January 1989, April 1995
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | May 11, 1986 | Jan 29, 1989 | 142 | 140 | 2.05% | 1.10% |
| After absence | Jun 4, 1989 | Apr 2, 1995 | 304 | 300 | 2.53% | 1.11% |
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 · 87 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lyre of Orpheus | #8 | 9 | 35.3 | ||
| What's Bred in the Bone | #10 | 10 | 30.9 | ||
| The Cunning Man | #10 | 5 | 12.8 | ||
| Fifth Business | #10 | 2 | 8.3 |