Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Eudora Welty
Charting May 12, 1946 → Mar 29, 1981 · 20 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.18%
- week of Aug 13, 1972
- Career Power
- 63
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 29
- August 1971 – August 1972
- Peak Five Years
- 29
- August 1967 – August 1972
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 20
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 6.32%
- week of Jul 2, 1972
- Comebacks
- 1
- July 1972
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Sep 22, 1946 | Jul 2, 1972 | 1338 | 949 | 1.04% | 1.16% |
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
5 books · 63 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 Optimist's Daughter | #7 | 6 | 29.1 | ||
| The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty | #13 | 6 | 13.8 | ||
| Delta Wedding | #12 | 5 | 13.5 | ||
| The Golden Apples | #13 | 2 | 4.6 | ||
| The Ponder Heart | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |