Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Elizabeth Spencer
Charting Feb 3, 1957 → Feb 19, 1961 · 4 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 0.52%
- week of Feb 19, 1961
- Career Power
- 8
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 6
- February 1960 – February 1961
- Peak Five Years
- 8
- February 1956 – February 1961
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 4
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.40%
- week of Jan 29, 1961
- 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
2 books · 8 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 Light in the Piazza | #14 | 3 | 6.3 | ||
| The Voice at the Back Door | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |
At their peak
1960 in books →Elizabeth Spencer's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from February 1960 to February 1961. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1James A. Michener731
- 2Allen Drury680
- 3Guiseppe di Lampedusa345
- 4Harper Lee249
- 5Marcia Davenport219
- 6Irving Wallace213
- 7Mary Ellen Chase213
- 8John O'Hara207
- 9Taylor Caldwell153
- 10Elizabeth Goudge143
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.