Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Theodore H. White
Charting Jun 1, 1958 → Oct 2, 1960 · 25 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.85%
- week of Sep 4, 1960
- Career Power
- 99
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 76
- October 1959 – October 1960
- Peak Five Years
- 99
- October 1955 – October 1960
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 25
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 7.26%
- week of Jul 17, 1960
- Comebacks
- 1
- Jun 1960
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
2 books · 99 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 View from the Fortieth Floor | #6 | 17 | 75.6 | ||
| The Mountain Road | #9 | 8 | 23.1 |
At their peak
1959 in books →Theodore H. White's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from October 1959 to October 1960. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Allen Drury706
- 2James A. Michener604
- 3Taylor Caldwell279
- 4Marcia Davenport230
- 5Leon Uris223
- 6Guiseppe di Lampedusa219
- 7Morris L. West200
- 8Robert Ruark192
- 9John Hersey167
- 10Irving Wallace156
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.