Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Elizabeth Bowen
Charting Mar 16, 1936 → Mar 6, 1955 · 16 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.25%
- week of Mar 30, 1936
- Career Power
- 70
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 31
- May 1948 – May 1949
- Peak Five Years
- 31
- May 1944 – May 1949
- Top-five weeks
- 3
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 16
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of Mar 30, 1936
- Comebacks
- 2
- March 1949, February 1955
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jun 22, 1936 | Mar 27, 1949 | 666 | 664 | 2.25% | 1.34% |
| After absence | Jul 31, 1949 | Feb 27, 1955 | 290 | 287 | 2.25% | 1.20% |
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
3 books · 70 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Heat of the Day | #7 | 8 | 30.8 | ||
| The House in Paris | #5 | 3 | 22.9 | ||
| A World of Love | #10 | 5 | 16.0 |