Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Vladimir Nabokov
Charting Aug 31, 1958 → Oct 5, 1969 · 77 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
7 crowns
19581969Longest reign 7 weeks (Sep–Nov 1958) · First crown Sep 1958
- Peak Power
- 11.96%
- week of Mar 1, 1959
- Career Power
- 674
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 7
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 503
- August 1958 – September 1959
- Peak Five Years
- 515
- July 1957 – July 1962
- Top-five weeks
- 50
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 77
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Sep 28, 1958
- Comebacks
- 1
- Jun 1969, after 10 quiet years
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
3 books · 674 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lolita | #1 | 54 | 507.9 | ||
| Ada, or Ardor: a Family Chronicle | #4 | 20 | 159.7 | ||
| Pale Fire | #14 | 3 | 6.9 |
At their peak
1958 in books →Vladimir Nabokov's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from August 1958 to September 1959. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Boris Pasternak600
- 2Leon Uris522
- 3Vladimir Nabokov503
- 4Patrick Dennis256
- 5Robert Traver217
- 6Eugene Burdick203
- 7William J. Lederer203
- 8John O'Hara198
- 9Taylor Caldwell198
- 10Paul Gallico183
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.