Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Ben Ames Williams
Charting Oct 13, 1941 → Jan 31, 1954 · 93 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 13.01%
- week of Feb 29, 1948
- Career Power
- 783
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 15
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 430
- September 1947 – August 1948
- Peak Five Years
- 540
- September 1943 – August 1948
- Top-five weeks
- 54
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 93
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Nov 9, 1947
- Comebacks
- 3
- August 1944, October 1947, November 1953
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Feb 23, 1942 | Aug 6, 1944 | 128 | 127 | 5.66% | 2.13% |
| After absence | Feb 18, 1945 | Oct 5, 1947 | 137 | 136 | 5.66% | 2.13% |
| After absence | Aug 8, 1948 | Nov 8, 1953 | 274 | 143 | 13.01% | 4.65% |
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
5 books · 783 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House Divided | #1 | 40 | 429.5 | ||
| The Unconquered | #5 | 20 | 112.9 | ||
| Leave Her to Heaven | #3 | 12 | 110.6 | ||
| The Strange Woman | #3 | 8 | 77.4 | ||
| Owen Glen | #6 | 13 | 52.3 |