Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Erich Maria Remarque

Charting May 10, 1937 → Sep 6, 1964 · 93 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 11.02%; week of May 12, 1946
Career Power: 677; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 8; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 283; August 1945 – August 1946
Peak Five Years: 283; August 1941 – August 1946
Top-five weeks: 42; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 93; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Mar 10, 1946
Comebacks: 4; February 1946, March 1952, August 1954, May 1964

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Aug 23, 1937	Feb 10, 1946	442	442	2.81%	1.05%
After absence	Oct 13, 1946	Mar 16, 1952	283	279	11.02%	3.95%
After decline	Jun 29, 1952	Aug 29, 1954	112	101	11.02%	3.88%
After absence	Oct 24, 1954	May 31, 1964	497	198	11.02%	4.38%

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

7 books · 677 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
Arch of Triumph	#1March 1946	27	February 1946 – August 1946	283.1	283.1
A Night in Lisbon	#3June 1964	20	April 1964 – September 1964	142.4	142.4
Spark of Life	#4March 1952	14	February 1952 – May 1952	105.7	105.7
A Time to Love and a Time to Die	#6June 1954	17	June 1954 – October 1954	81.0	81.0
The Black Obelisk	#8May 1957	9	April 1957 – June 1957	30.6	30.6
Three Comrades	#5May 1937	4	May 1937 – May 1937	30.3	30.3
Heaven Has No Favorites	#15April 1961	2	April 1961 – May 1961	4.2	4.2