Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Bruce Lancaster
Charting Apr 10, 1939 → Aug 3, 1952 · 11 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.27%
- week of Apr 24, 1939
- Career Power
- 45
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 23
- May 1938 – April 1939
- Peak Five Years
- 23
- May 1934 – April 1939
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 11
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Apr 17, 1939
- Comebacks
- 1
- June 1947
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 17, 1939 | Jun 22, 1947 | 414 | 411 | 2.27% | 1.01% |
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
3 books · 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guns of Burgoyne | #4 | 3 | 23.2 | ||
| The Scarlet Patch | #10 | 7 | 19.1 | ||
| The Secret Road | #13 | 1 | 2.8 |