Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Walker Percy
Charting Jun 6, 1971 → Jun 7, 1987 · 23 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.92%
- week of Jun 7, 1987
- Career Power
- 99
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 42
- June 1986 – June 1987
- Peak Five Years
- 42
- June 1982 – June 1987
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 23
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 6.37%
- week of May 3, 1987
- Comebacks
- 2
- August 1980, April 1987
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Oct 31, 1971 | Aug 10, 1980 | 445 | 443 | 2.09% | 1.16% |
| After absence | Dec 7, 1980 | Apr 26, 1987 | 333 | 331 | 2.09% | 1.32% |
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 · 99 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 Thanatos Syndrome | #7 | 9 | 41.6 | ||
| Love in the Ruins | #8 | 7 | 31.8 | ||
| The Second Coming | #10 | 7 | 26.0 |