Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
William E. Barrett
Charting Feb 18, 1951 → Feb 21, 1954 · 27 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.65%
- week of Jun 3, 1951
- Career Power
- 79
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 51
- June 1950 – June 1951
- Peak Five Years
- 79
- February 1949 – February 1954
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 27
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 5.50%
- week of Apr 15, 1951
- Comebacks
- 1
- December 1953
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Aug 26, 1951 | Dec 20, 1953 | 120 | 117 | 2.65% | 1.04% |
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
2 books · 79 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 Left Hand of God | #8 | 16 | 51.3 | ||
| The Shadows of the Images | #10 | 11 | 27.9 |