Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Saul Bellow
Charting Oct 4, 1953 → May 14, 2000 · 127 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 14.07%
- week of May 9, 1965
- Career Power
- 1,008
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 29
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 526
- August 1964 – August 1965
- Peak Five Years
- 526
- August 1960 – August 1965
- Top-five weeks
- 55
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 127
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Oct 25, 1964
- Comebacks
- 4
- October 1964, April 1970, November 1975, April 1982
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Mar 7, 1954 | Oct 18, 1964 | 550 | 286 | 2.87% | 1.45% |
| After absence | Sep 26, 1965 | Apr 12, 1970 | 235 | 228 | 14.07% | 5.06% |
| After absence | Jun 21, 1970 | Nov 9, 1975 | 281 | 272 | 14.07% | 5.10% |
| After absence | Mar 21, 1976 | Apr 4, 1982 | 302 | 294 | 14.07% | 5.11% |
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
9 books · 1,008 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herzog | #1 | 42 | 525.6 | ||
| Humboldt's Gift | #2 | 24 | 163.1 | ||
| Mr. Sammlers Planet | #4 | 14 | 101.4 | ||
| The Dean's December | #3 | 12 | 88.3 | ||
| More Die of Heartbreak | #5 | 13 | 54.5 | ||
| The Adventures of Augie March | #8 | 10 | 41.9 | ||
| Him with His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories | #12 | 8 | 21.2 | ||
| Henderson the Rain King | #12 | 3 | 7.7 | ||
| Ravelstein | #10 | 1 | 4.4 |