Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Tom Wicker
Charting Jun 24, 1973 → May 6, 1984 · 24 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.48%
- week of Sep 30, 1973
- Career Power
- 169
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 153
- October 1972 – October 1973
- Peak Five Years
- 153
- November 1968 – October 1973
- Top-five weeks
- 13
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 24
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Jul 8, 1973
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
2 books · 169 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facing the Lions | #3 | 18 | 153.5 | ||
| Unto This Hour | #12 | 6 | 15.4 |