Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

William F. Buckley Jr

Charting Feb 8, 1976 → Mar 13, 1988 · 86 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 6.82%; week of Apr 25, 1976
Career Power: 536; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 122; June 1975 – May 1976
Peak Five Years: 276; March 1975 – June 1980
Top-five weeks: 26; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 86; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 12.64%; week of Feb 21, 1982
Comebacks: 4; June 1978, April 1980, February 1982, February 1984

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Aug 8, 1976	Jun 18, 1978	97	94	6.82%	2.50%
After decline	Jan 21, 1979	Apr 13, 1980	64	61	6.82%	2.69%
After decline	Aug 3, 1980	Feb 14, 1982	80	78	6.82%	2.41%
After decline	Jul 18, 1982	Feb 26, 1984	84	80	6.82%	2.88%

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

8 books · 536 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
Saving the Queen	#3March 1976	15	February 1976 – May 1976	121.7	121.7
Marco Polo, If You Can	#2February 1982	14	January 1982 – May 1982	115.2	115.2
Stained Glass	#4July 1978	11	May 1978 – August 1978	84.4	84.4
Who's on First	#6March 1980	13	March 1980 – June 1980	70.2	70.2
The Story of Henri Tod	#6February 1984	10	January 1984 – April 1984	55.7	55.7
See You Later Alligator	#6March 1985	11	February 1985 – May 1985	48.6	48.6
Mongoose R.I.P.	#9February 1988	8	January 1988 – March 1988	27.2	27.2
High Jinx	#10April 1986	4	April 1986 – May 1986	13.1	13.1