Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Ross MacDonald
Charting Jul 6, 1969 → Jul 8, 1973 · 37 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.17%
- week of Jun 13, 1971
- Career Power
- 233
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 134
- July 1970 – July 1971
- Peak Five Years
- 233
- July 1968 – July 1973
- Top-five weeks
- 12
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 37
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Apr 18, 1971
- Comebacks
- 1
- March 1971
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jan 4, 1970 | Mar 28, 1971 | 64 | 62 | 4.24% | 1.81% |
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
3 books · 233 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 Underground Man | #4 | 17 | 133.8 | ||
| The Goodbye Look | #7 | 14 | 73.3 | ||
| Sleeping Beauty | #9 | 6 | 25.7 |