Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Elizabeth Goudge

Charting Jun 21, 1937 → Mar 14, 1971 · 176 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 10.13%; week of Jul 25, 1948
Career Power: 1,248; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 5; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 235; October 1947 – October 1948
Peak Five Years: 463; October 1943 – October 1948
Top-five weeks: 70; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 176; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Oct 29, 1944
Comebacks: 7; June 1940, October 1944, May 1948, February 1950, March 1958, December 1960, November 1970

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Sep 26, 1938	Jun 3, 1940	88	87	2.30%	1.72%
After absence	Sep 23, 1940	Oct 15, 1944	212	121	3.89%	1.77%
After absence	May 6, 1945	May 16, 1948	158	132	9.67%	4.26%
After decline	Dec 5, 1948	Feb 19, 1950	63	58	10.13%	4.04%
After absence	Jun 18, 1950	Mar 2, 1958	401	173	10.13%	3.77%
After absence	Jul 20, 1958	Dec 4, 1960	122	115	10.13%	4.19%
After absence	May 21, 1961	Nov 8, 1970	490	342	10.13%	3.97%

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

13 books · 1,248 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
Pilgrim's Inn	#1May 1948	24	April 1948 – October 1948	234.7	234.7
Green Dolphin Street	#1October 1944	22	October 1944 – October 1945	227.9	227.9
The Child from the Sea	#4November 1970	26	September 1970 – March 1971	179.9	179.9
The Dean's Watch	#3December 1960	25	October 1960 – April 1961	165.8	165.8
The White Witch	#4February 1958	20	January 1958 – June 1958	131.6	131.6
Gentian Hill	#4January 1950	16	January 1950 – May 1950	109.6	109.6
The Rosemary Tree	#9July 1956	16	June 1956 – October 1956	59.1	59.1
The Bird in the Tree	#5May 1940	6	May 1940 – July 1940	46.8	46.8
Towers in the Mist	#5June 1938	4	June 1938 – July 1938	26.5	26.5
The Heart of the Family	#12October 1953	10	October 1953 – January 1954	24.1	24.1
A City of Bells	#6September 1937	3	June 1937 – September 1937	19.9	19.9
The Scent of Water	#10January 1964	3	January 1964 – February 1964	12.5	12.5
Castle on the Hill	#4June 1942	1	June 1942	9.6	9.6