Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Samuel Shellabarger
Charting Jan 22, 1950 → Nov 25, 1956 · 58 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 11.40%
- week of Mar 7, 1954
- Career Power
- 494
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 10
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 315
- June 1953 – June 1954
- Peak Five Years
- 466
- June 1949 – June 1954
- Top-five weeks
- 31
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 58
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Nov 29, 1953
- Comebacks
- 1
- November 1953
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Aug 6, 1950 | Nov 29, 1953 | 173 | 170 | 7.52% | 3.61% |
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 · 494 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Vanity | #1 | 30 | 315.5 | ||
| The King's Cavalier | #2 | 19 | 150.7 | ||
| Tolbecken | #9 | 9 | 27.8 |