Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Thornton Wilder
Charting Jan 7, 1935 → Apr 7, 1974 · 78 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 11.44%
- week of Aug 27, 1967
- Career Power
- 783
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 9
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 320
- November 1966 – October 1967
- Peak Five Years
- 320
- October 1962 – October 1967
- Top-five weeks
- 57
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 78
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 15.20%
- week of Feb 25, 1935
- Comebacks
- 3
- April 1948, May 1967, December 1973
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jun 17, 1935 | Apr 4, 1948 | 668 | 664 | 9.28% | 4.15% |
| After absence | Sep 5, 1948 | May 7, 1967 | 967 | 964 | 9.28% | 3.99% |
| After absence | Jan 7, 1968 | Dec 23, 1973 | 311 | 305 | 11.44% | 4.60% |
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
4 books · 783 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 Eighth Day | #1 | 28 | 319.6 | ||
| Theophilus North | #4 | 21 | 157.8 | ||
| The Ides of March | #1 | 17 | 157.0 | ||
| Heaven's My Destination | #1 | 12 | 148.1 |