Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Upton Sinclair

Charting Jul 1, 1940 → Sep 25, 1949 · 64 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 7.28%; week of Sep 16, 1945
Career Power: 419; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 163; July 1945 – June 1946
Peak Five Years: 331; November 1943 – November 1948
Top-five weeks: 24; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 64; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 12.64%; week of Jul 29, 1945
Comebacks: 1; July 1944

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Oct 21, 1940	Jul 9, 1944	194	126	4.31%	1.86%

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

10 books · 419 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
Dragon Harvest	#2July 1945	18	July 1945 – November 1945	143.4	143.4
Presidential Agent	#3July 1944	6	July 1944 – August 1944	57.9	57.9
A World to Win	#5June 1946	10	June 1946 – August 1946	56.6	56.6
World's End	#3July 1940	5	July 1940 – July 1940	48.5	48.5
Presidential Mission	#7July 1947	10	June 1947 – August 1947	45.2	45.2
One Clear Call	#6October 1948	7	September 1948 – November 1948	27.9	27.9
O Shepherd, Speak!	#8August 1949	5	August 1949 – September 1949	19.8	19.8
Dragon's Teeth	#5January 1942	1	January 1942	8.3	8.3
Between Two Worlds	#6April 1941	1	April 1941	7.3	7.3
O SHEPHERD, SPEAK! By. (Viking.)	#10August 1949	1	August 1949	4.2	4.2