Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

A. J. Cronin

Charting May 2, 1932 → Dec 13, 1964 · 259 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 13.94%; week of May 9, 1938
Career Power: 2,618; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 70; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 636; September 1937 – September 1938
Peak Five Years: 1,129; March 1937 – March 1942
Top-five weeks: 188; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 259; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Oct 4, 1937
Comebacks: 8; October 1935, September 1937, August 1941, January 1945, September 1948, November 1950, September 1953, July 1956

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Aug 21, 1933	Oct 7, 1935	111	110	2.45%	2.01%
After decline	Feb 24, 1936	Sep 27, 1937	83	82	5.47%	2.45%
After absence	Jan 30, 1939	Aug 18, 1941	133	130	13.94%	5.23%
After absence	May 11, 1942	Jan 7, 1945	139	135	13.94%	5.70%
After absence	Sep 2, 1945	Sep 5, 1948	157	153	13.94%	4.88%
After decline	Feb 13, 1949	Nov 5, 1950	90	83	13.94%	5.10%
After absence	Jan 28, 1951	Sep 13, 1953	137	131	13.94%	5.34%
After absence	May 23, 1954	Jul 22, 1956	113	107	13.94%	5.20%

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

13 books · 2,618 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 Citadel	#1October 1937	60	September 1937 – December 1938	718.7	718.7
The Keys of the Kingdom	#1August 1941	31	July 1941 – March 1942	410.3	410.3
The Green Years	#1December 1944	28	December 1944 – June 1945	375.4	375.4
Beyond This Place	#1October 1953	34	August 1953 – March 1954	366.0	366.0
Shannon's Way	#1September 1948	23	August 1948 – January 1949	203.2	203.2
A Thing of Beauty	#2July 1956	21	June 1956 – October 1956	173.0	173.0
The Spanish Gardener	#4October 1950	17	September 1950 – January 1951	111.0	111.0
The Stars Look Down	#2October 1935	10	September 1935 – December 1935	85.4	85.4
The Northern Light	#5July 1958	14	June 1958 – September 1958	70.9	70.9
The Judas Tree	#8December 1961	15	November 1961 – February 1962	55.6	55.6
Grand Canary	#2May 1933	2	May 1933 – May 1933	23.7	23.7
Three Loves	#2May 1932	1	May 1932	12.7	12.7
A Song of Sixpence	#10November 1964	3	November 1964 – December 1964	12.5	12.5