Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Christopher Morley
Charting Nov 13, 1939 → Jul 24, 1949 · 29 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
7 crowns
19391949Longest reign 4 weeks (Nov–Dec 1939) · First crown Nov 1939
- Peak Power
- 11.28%
- week of Mar 4, 1940
- Career Power
- 304
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 7
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 293
- May 1939 – May 1940
- Peak Five Years
- 293
- May 1935 – May 1940
- Top-five weeks
- 23
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 29
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Nov 20, 1939
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
2 books · 304 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitty Foyle | #1 | 25 | 292.9 | ||
| The Man Who Made Friends with Himself | #10 | 4 | 11.2 |
At their peak
1939 in books →Christopher Morley's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from May 1939 to May 1940. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1John Steinbeck418
- 2Christopher Morley293
- 3Sholem Asch282
- 4Ethel Vance183
- 5Richard Llewellyn169
- 6Lin Yutang160
- 7Thomas Wolfe127
- 8C. S. Forester123
- 9Pietro di Donato114
- 10W. Somerset Maugham114
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.