Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Willard Motley
Charting Jun 1, 1947 → Sep 7, 1958 · 52 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 6.61%
- week of Oct 5, 1947
- Career Power
- 261
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 221
- May 1947 – May 1948
- Peak Five Years
- 259
- February 1947 – February 1952
- Top-five weeks
- 9
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 52
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of Jul 6, 1947
- Comebacks
- 1
- February 1952
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | May 9, 1948 | Feb 3, 1952 | 195 | 187 | 6.61% | 2.51% |
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 · 261 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knock on Any Door | #5 | 41 | 221.4 | ||
| We Fished All Night | #9 | 10 | 37.3 | ||
| Let No Man Write My Epitaph | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |