Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
William Styron
Charting Sep 30, 1951 → May 11, 1980 · 115 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 13.38%
- week of Mar 24, 1968
- Career Power
- 924
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 27
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 453
- September 1967 – September 1968
- Peak Five Years
- 453
- August 1963 – September 1968
- Top-five weeks
- 47
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 115
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Nov 5, 1967
- Comebacks
- 3
- July 1960, October 1967, July 1979
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Feb 24, 1952 | Jul 10, 1960 | 434 | 432 | 2.34% | 1.20% |
| After absence | Dec 18, 1960 | Oct 29, 1967 | 354 | 353 | 2.75% | 1.58% |
| After absence | Oct 6, 1968 | Jul 22, 1979 | 550 | 546 | 13.38% | 5.75% |
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
4 books · 924 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 Confessions of Nat Turner | #1 | 44 | 452.9 | ||
| Sophie's Choice | #1 | 47 | 383.1 | ||
| Set This House on Fire | #8 | 14 | 50.3 | ||
| Lie Down in Darkness | #7 | 10 | 37.7 |