Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Aubrey Menen

Charting Sep 3, 1950 → Apr 12, 1959 · 14 weeks with chart power

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Peak Power: 1.07%; week of Apr 13, 1952
Career Power: 33; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Author of the Week

Peak Year: 12; April 1951 – April 1952
Peak Five Years: 27; May 1951 – May 1956
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 14; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.16%; week of Mar 30, 1952
Comebacks: 0; none detected

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction

5 books · 33 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 Duke of Gallodoro	#12March 1952	5	March 1952 – April 1952	12.2	12.2
The Ramayana	#13October 1954	3	October 1954 – October 1954	8.3	8.3
The Abode of Love	#14May 1956	3	May 1956 – May 1956	6.3	6.3
The Fig Tree	#14April 1959	2	April 1959 – April 1959	4.2	4.2
The Backward Bride	#15September 1950	1	September 1950	2.1	2.1

At their peak

1951 in books →

Aubrey Menen's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from April 1951 to April 1952. The most powerful authors over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1950s.