Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
William Maxwell
Charting Apr 16, 1961 → Aug 20, 1961 · 14 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.87%
- week of Jun 25, 1961
- Career Power
- 51
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 51
- August 1960 – August 1961
- Peak Five Years
- 51
- August 1956 – August 1961
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 14
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 6.32%
- week of May 21, 1961
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
1 book · 51 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 Chateau | #7 | 14 | 50.6 |
At their peak
1960 in books →William Maxwell's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from August 1960 to August 1961. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1James A. Michener588
- 2Harper Lee524
- 3Allen Drury473
- 4Andre Schwarz-Bart364
- 5Irving Stone281
- 6Guiseppe di Lampedusa192
- 7Graham Greene190
- 8Mary Ellen Chase178
- 9Elizabeth Goudge166
- 10Helen MacInnes140
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1960s.