Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Anya Seton

Charting Feb 24, 1946 → Jun 10, 1973 · 147 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 10.67%; week of Jul 20, 1958
Career Power: 1,052; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 296; October 1957 – October 1958
Peak Five Years: 552; October 1953 – October 1958
Top-five weeks: 58; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 147; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 12.64%; week of Nov 21, 1954
Comebacks: 6; January 1949, February 1951, October 1954, March 1958, April 1962, February 1973

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Jul 21, 1946	Jan 9, 1949	129	127	3.40%	1.20%
After decline	Jun 19, 1949	Feb 11, 1951	86	83	3.40%	1.38%
After absence	Jul 8, 1951	Oct 31, 1954	172	170	3.46%	2.07%
After absence	Jul 10, 1955	Mar 30, 1958	142	139	9.03%	3.66%
After absence	Nov 30, 1958	Apr 29, 1962	176	170	10.67%	3.84%
After absence	Sep 30, 1962	Feb 18, 1973	538	529	10.67%	3.92%

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 · 1,052 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 Winthrop Woman	#2March 1958	31	March 1958 – October 1958	296.5	296.5
Katherine	#2November 1954	29	October 1954 – May 1955	255.2	255.2
Green Darkness	#3March 1973	25	December 1972 – June 1973	197.5	197.5
Devil Water	#4June 1962	25	March 1962 – September 1962	137.5	137.5
The Hearth and Eagle	#7January 1949	14	December 1948 – March 1949	60.0	60.0
Foxfire	#6March 1951	13	January 1951 – April 1951	56.5	56.5
The Turquoise	#7March 1946	10	February 1946 – May 1946	48.7	48.7