Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Elva Williams
Charting Nov 3, 1957 → Nov 3, 1957 · 1 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 0.20%
- week of Nov 3, 1957
- Career Power
- 2
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 2
- November 1956 – November 1957
- Peak Five Years
- 2
- November 1952 – November 1957
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 1
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 1.82%
- week of Nov 3, 1957
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento Waltz | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |
At their peak
1956 in books →Elva Williams's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from November 1956 to November 1957. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Grace Metalious694
- 2Meyer Levin460
- 3Daphne Du Maurier346
- 4Frances Parkinson Keyes272
- 5William Brinkley221
- 6Gerald Green203
- 7Patrick Dennis184
- 8Richard Powell180
- 9Edwin Gilbert161
- 10Nicholas Monsarrat156
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1950s.