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Dorothea Benton Frank

Charting Jul 13, 2003Jul 7, 2019 · 56 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
2.58%
week of Jul 7, 2019
Career Power
267
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
0
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
35
June 2016 – June 2017
Peak Five Years
127
June 2014 – June 2019
Top-five weeks
10
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
56
weeks with chart power
Dominance
12.64%
week of Jun 16, 2019
Comebacks
2
May 2008, July 2011
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After declineNov 28, 2004May 11, 2008178511.05%1.03%
After declineAug 3, 2008Jul 3, 2011152501.05%1.05%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction

17 books · 267 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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
Queen Bee#2429.5
The Hurricane Sisters#3527.0
Same Beach, Next Year#4424.4
By Invitation Only#4323.4
Folly Beach#4423.0
Porch Lights#5418.9
All Summer Long#3318.3
The Last Original Wife#7418.2
All the Single Ladies#6312.7
Isle of Palms#11411.5
Shem Creek#10311.0
Bulls Island#9310.8
Full of Grace#939.6
Return to Sullivans Island#939.3
Lowcountry Summer#928.4
The Land of Mango Sunsets#1436.6
Pawleys Island#914.8