Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Alice Tisdale Hobart

Charting Dec 18, 1933 → Jun 5, 1955 · 73 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 6.83%; week of Mar 1, 1937
Career Power: 452; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 152; March 1945 – February 1946
Peak Five Years: 214; February 1944 – January 1949
Top-five weeks: 24; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 73; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 12.64%; week of Jan 8, 1934
Comebacks: 3; November 1936, October 1945, November 1948

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Oct 29, 1934	Nov 23, 1936	108	108	3.35%	1.20%
After absence	May 31, 1937	Oct 28, 1945	439	436	6.83%	2.49%
After absence	May 12, 1946	Nov 7, 1948	130	123	6.83%	2.43%

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

7 books · 452 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 Peacock Sheds His Tail	#4November 1945	21	October 1945 – February 1946	152.2	152.2
Yang and Yin	#3November 1936	16	November 1936 – March 1937	140.6	140.6
The Cleft Rock	#8October 1948	17	September 1948 – January 1949	62.3	62.3
River Supreme	#4July 1934	5	July 1934 – July 1934	38.0	38.0
Oil for the Lamps of China	#2January 1934	3	December 1933 – January 1934	30.0	30.0
Venture Into Darkness	#11April 1955	9	April 1955 – June 1955	24.5	24.5
The Serpent-Wreathed Staff	#14December 1951	2	December 1951 – January 1952	4.2	4.2