Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Daphne Du Maurier

Charting May 4, 1936 → Feb 18, 1973 · 319 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 12.38%; week of Aug 4, 1957
Career Power: 3,059; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 60; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 381; May 1938 – May 1939
Peak Five Years: 1,050; January 1950 – January 1955
Top-five weeks: 210; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 319; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Oct 24, 1938
Comebacks: 9; October 1938, March 1942, July 1943, February 1946, February 1950, March 1952, March 1957, May 1963, November 1969

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Oct 5, 1936	Oct 10, 1938	105	104	4.99%	2.09%
After absence	Jul 24, 1939	Mar 2, 1942	136	133	12.15%	4.56%
After decline	Jun 8, 1942	Jul 19, 1943	58	55	12.15%	4.38%
After absence	Dec 12, 1943	Feb 10, 1946	113	110	12.15%	4.46%
After absence	Sep 15, 1946	Feb 12, 1950	178	174	12.15%	4.55%
After decline	Jul 23, 1950	Mar 16, 1952	86	82	12.15%	4.38%
After decline	Mar 27, 1955	Mar 31, 1957	105	101	12.19%	4.84%
After absence	Dec 1, 1957	May 12, 1963	281	112	12.37%	5.03%
After absence	Nov 24, 1963	Nov 16, 1969	309	214	12.37%	4.71%

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

16 books · 3,059 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
Rebecca	#1October 1938	32	October 1938 – May 1939	380.9	380.9
My Cousin Rachel	#1March 1952	36	February 1952 – October 1952	374.8	374.8
The Scapegoat	#1March 1957	31	March 1957 – October 1957	345.8	345.8
Mary Anne	#1August 1954	34	June 1954 – February 1955	344.2	344.2
The House on the Strand	#2November 1969	30	October 1969 – May 1970	284.0	284.0
The King's General	#1February 1946	28	January 1946 – July 1946	277.8	277.8
The Glass Blowers	#1May 1963	24	March 1963 – September 1963	258.5	258.5
The Parasites	#1February 1950	21	January 1950 – June 1950	200.7	200.7
Hungry Hill	#2July 1943	15	June 1943 – October 1943	168.0	168.0
KISS Me Again, Stranger	#4May 1953	24	March 1953 – September 1953	142.6	142.6
Frenchman's Creek	#1February 1942	10	February 1942 – April 1942	105.6	105.6
Jamaica Inn	#3May 1936	10	May 1936 – July 1936	79.1	79.1
The Flight of the Falcon	#6May 1965	14	May 1965 – August 1965	74.9	74.9
The Breaking Point	#13November 1959	7	November 1959 – January 1960	15.4	15.4
Rule Britannia	#9February 1973	1	February 1973	4.8	4.8
Castle Dorwith Arthur Quiller-Couch	#15March 1962	2	March 1962 – April 1962	2.1	4.2