Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Franz Werfel
Charting Dec 3, 1934 → Apr 7, 1946 · 64 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 13.04%
- week of Oct 26, 1942
- Career Power
- 744
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 15
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 477
- March 1942 – February 1943
- Peak Five Years
- 491
- March 1938 – February 1943
- Top-five weeks
- 56
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 64
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 15.38%
- week of Dec 31, 1934
- Comebacks
- 1
- June 1942
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jun 24, 1935 | Jun 22, 1942 | 365 | 218 | 10.86% | 3.83% |
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
4 books · 744 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 Song of Bernadette | #1 | 39 | 477.1 | ||
| The Forty Days of Musa Dagh | #1 | 20 | 244.5 | ||
| Hearken Unto the Voice | #6 | 2 | 13.6 | ||
| Star of the Unborn | #12 | 3 | 8.4 |