Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Wilbur Smith
Charting Mar 23, 1980 → Nov 9, 2014 · 27 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.23%
- week of May 18, 1980
- Career Power
- 102
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 35
- April 1980 – April 1981
- Peak Five Years
- 62
- February 1976 – May 1981
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 27
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 7.26%
- week of Nov 9, 2014
- Comebacks
- 1
- April 1994
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Aug 2, 1981 | Apr 17, 1994 | 663 | 661 | 2.23% | 1.05% |
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
7 books · 102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungry as the Sea | #7 | 10 | 34.8 | ||
| The Delta Decision | #7 | 6 | 27.2 | ||
| River God | #10 | 4 | 13.0 | ||
| Assegai | #9 | 3 | 9.6 | ||
| Desert God | #6 | 1 | 7.3 | ||
| The Quest | #10 | 2 | 6.6 | ||
| Those in Peril | #11 | 1 | 3.6 |