Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Betty Smith
Charting Aug 30, 1943 → Nov 10, 1963 · 96 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 14.16%
- week of Apr 9, 1944
- Career Power
- 951
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 28
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 636
- August 1943 – August 1944
- Peak Five Years
- 655
- October 1939 – September 1944
- Top-five weeks
- 66
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 96
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Sep 20, 1943
- Comebacks
- 1
- October 1948
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Oct 29, 1944 | Oct 10, 1948 | 206 | 201 | 14.16% | 4.97% |
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
4 books · 951 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | #1 | 51 | 655.2 | ||
| Tomorrow Will Be Better | #2 | 20 | 162.4 | ||
| Joy in the Morning | #5 | 10 | 69.4 | ||
| Maggie-Now | #7 | 15 | 64.0 |