Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Trevanian
Charting Dec 3, 1972 → Sep 18, 1983 · 51 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.78%
- week of Sep 16, 1979
- Career Power
- 325
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 176
- July 1978 – October 1979
- Peak Five Years
- 285
- July 1978 – September 1983
- Top-five weeks
- 14
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 51
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Jul 1, 1979
- Comebacks
- 2
- June 1979, June 1983
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | May 20, 1973 | Jun 3, 1979 | 302 | 299 | 2.61% | 1.32% |
| After absence | Jan 6, 1980 | Jun 12, 1983 | 179 | 175 | 7.78% | 2.90% |
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
3 books · 325 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shibumi | #3 | 23 | 176.0 | ||
| The Summer of Katya | #5 | 19 | 108.5 | ||
| The Eiger Sanction | #8 | 9 | 40.8 |