Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
William Faulkner
Charting Apr 1, 1935 → Dec 30, 1962 · 78 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.06%
- week of Oct 7, 1962
- Career Power
- 432
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 165
- December 1961 – December 1962
- Peak Five Years
- 210
- December 1957 – December 1962
- Top-five weeks
- 20
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 78
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.84%
- week of Apr 8, 1935
- Comebacks
- 5
- October 1951, August 1954, June 1957, January 1960, July 1962
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 15, 1935 | Oct 28, 1951 | 850 | 661 | 2.01% | 1.07% |
| After absence | Feb 17, 1952 | Aug 29, 1954 | 131 | 130 | 2.01% | 1.62% |
| After absence | Feb 13, 1955 | Jun 9, 1957 | 121 | 118 | 5.64% | 2.31% |
| After absence | Oct 6, 1957 | Jan 10, 1960 | 116 | 110 | 5.64% | 2.15% |
| After absence | Apr 3, 1960 | Jul 15, 1962 | 119 | 116 | 5.64% | 2.11% |
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 · 432 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 Reivers | #4 | 26 | 165.4 | ||
| A Fable | #4 | 15 | 100.1 | ||
| The Town | #6 | 12 | 62.6 | ||
| The Mansion | #10 | 13 | 44.9 | ||
| Requiem for a Nun | #10 | 7 | 23.9 | ||
| Pylon | #4 | 3 | 22.6 | ||
| Wild Palms | #6 | 1 | 7.3 | ||
| Absalom, Absalom | #8 | 1 | 5.5 |