Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Esther Forbes
Charting Mar 15, 1937 → May 2, 1954 · 44 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.81%
- week of Jan 23, 1949
- Career Power
- 262
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 126
- March 1948 – March 1949
- Peak Five Years
- 126
- April 1944 – March 1949
- Top-five weeks
- 6
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 44
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Apr 5, 1937
- Comebacks
- 2
- November 1948, March 1954
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Aug 30, 1937 | Nov 7, 1948 | 584 | 581 | 5.02% | 2.06% |
| After absence | May 22, 1949 | Mar 21, 1954 | 251 | 247 | 5.81% | 2.56% |
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 · 262 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 Running of the Tide | #4 | 22 | 125.9 | ||
| Paradise | #3 | 11 | 84.6 | ||
| Rainbow on the Road | #6 | 11 | 51.6 |