Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Charting Jan 18, 1932 → Jan 25, 1937 · 23 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 3.86%; week of Feb 4, 1935
Career Power: 175; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 80; August 1935 – August 1936
Peak Five Years: 170; October 1931 – November 1936
Top-five weeks: 8; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 23; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 12.64%; week of Jan 18, 1932
Comebacks: 1; June 1934

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Apr 11, 1932	Jun 4, 1934	112	97	1.38%	1.25%

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

9 books · 175 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
Floating Peril	#4January 1936	6	January 1936 – February 1936	45.6	45.6
The Spy Paramount	#3January 1935	4	January 1935 – February 1935	39.6	38.9
The Magnificent Hoax	#6July 1936	4	July 1936 – August 1936	28.1	28.1
The Strange Boarders at Palace Crescent	#6September 1934	3	September 1934 – October 1934	20.0	20.0
The Man from Sing Sing	#2January 1932	1	January 1932	12.7	12.7
The Man Without Nerves	#7May 1934	2	May 1934 – June 1934	11.8	11.8
The Battle of Basinghall Street	#7September 1935	1	September 1935	6.3	6.3
The Gallows of Chance	#8February 1934	1	February 1934	5.5	5.5
The Dumb Gods Speak	#8January 1937	1	January 1937	5.5	5.5