Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Sholem Asch
Charting Oct 30, 1939 → Feb 12, 1956 · 143 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 11.22%
- week of Mar 11, 1940
- Career Power
- 1,177
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 8
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 282
- April 1939 – April 1940
- Peak Five Years
- 533
- November 1946 – October 1951
- Top-five weeks
- 87
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 143
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Dec 18, 1939
- Comebacks
- 4
- November 1943, December 1946, November 1949, December 1951
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 1, 1940 | Nov 15, 1943 | 176 | 171 | 11.22% | 4.50% |
| After absence | May 7, 1944 | Dec 1, 1946 | 134 | 131 | 11.22% | 4.37% |
| After absence | Jul 13, 1947 | Nov 20, 1949 | 123 | 119 | 11.22% | 4.40% |
| After decline | Jun 25, 1950 | Dec 2, 1951 | 75 | 68 | 11.22% | 4.16% |
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
7 books · 1,177 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 Nazarene | #1 | 24 | 281.7 | ||
| East River | #1 | 28 | 258.4 | ||
| Mary | #2 | 30 | 257.8 | ||
| The Apostle | #3 | 20 | 183.2 | ||
| Moses | #4 | 26 | 165.0 | ||
| The Prophet | #12 | 9 | 20.0 | ||
| A Passage in the Night | #15 | 6 | 11.2 |