Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
William Saroyan
Charting Oct 29, 1934 → Jul 14, 1946 · 18 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 8.30%
- week of Jun 7, 1943
- Career Power
- 175
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 160
- June 1942 – June 1943
- Peak Five Years
- 167
- July 1941 – July 1946
- Top-five weeks
- 16
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 18
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Mar 29, 1943
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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 · 175 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 Human Comedy | #2 | 15 | 159.6 | ||
| The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze | #6 | 1 | 7.7 | ||
| The Adventures of Wesley Jackson | #10 | 2 | 7.3 |