Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Edna Ferber

Charting Nov 16, 1931 → Oct 5, 1958 · 94 weeks with chart power

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Peak Power
10.04%
week of Aug 31, 1958
Career Power
936
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
6
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
266
October 1957 – October 1958
Peak Five Years
266
October 1953 – October 1958
Top-five weeks
77
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
94
weeks with chart power
Dominance
14.97%
week of Mar 4, 1935
Comebacks
6
May 1933, March 1935, November 1941, March 1945, November 1952, April 1958
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After declineFeb 22, 1932May 15, 193364642.45%1.38%
After declineJul 10, 1933Mar 4, 193586862.45%1.63%
After absenceAug 26, 1935Nov 24, 19413263248.33%3.95%
After absenceMay 4, 1942Mar 18, 19451501478.76%4.01%
After absenceJun 24, 1945Nov 2, 19523843818.76%3.24%
After absenceJun 21, 1953Apr 27, 19582522489.02%3.16%

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

7 books · 936 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
Ice Palace#228266.0
Giant#227235.0
Saratoga Trunk#114159.2
Come and Get It#114155.5
Great Son#2883.6
American Beauty#2223.7
They Brought Their Women#2112.7