Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Edward F. Murphy
Charting Apr 27, 1947 → Apr 27, 1947 · 1 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 0.26%
- week of Apr 27, 1947
- Career Power
- 2
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 2
- May 1946 – April 1947
- Peak Five Years
- 2
- May 1942 – April 1947
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 1
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.40%
- week of Apr 27, 1947
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
1 book · 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pere Antoine | #14 | 1 | 2.4 |
At their peak
1946 in books →Edward F. Murphy's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from May 1946 to April 1947. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Taylor Caldwell443
- 2Frederic Wakeman369
- 3Russell Janney315
- 4John P. Marquand256
- 5Sholem Asch240
- 6Kenneth Roberts197
- 7Mary Jane Ward192
- 8Margery Sharp152
- 9John Jennings145
- 10Frank Yerby137
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1940s.