Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Sheila Burnford
Charting May 7, 1961 → Apr 1, 1962 · 39 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.14%
- week of Feb 11, 1962
- Career Power
- 120
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 120
- April 1961 – April 1962
- Peak Five Years
- 120
- March 1957 – April 1962
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 39
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 4.79%
- week of Sep 10, 1961
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
1 book · 120 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 Incredible Journey | #9 | 39 | 120.0 |
At their peak
1961 in books →Sheila Burnford's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from April 1961 to April 1962. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Irving Stone699
- 2Harper Lee577
- 3J.D. Salinger380
- 4Harold Robbins262
- 5Leon Uris251
- 6Andre Schwarz-Bart195
- 7Edwin O'Connor192
- 8Graham Greene152
- 9Henry Miller146
- 10John Steinbeck144
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1960s.