Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Gladys Schmitt
Charting Mar 17, 1946 → Nov 12, 1961 · 39 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.21%
- week of Jun 9, 1946
- Career Power
- 229
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 141
- July 1945 – July 1946
- Peak Five Years
- 141
- July 1941 – July 1946
- Top-five weeks
- 12
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 39
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Apr 7, 1946
- Comebacks
- 1
- August 1961
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Sep 29, 1946 | Aug 27, 1961 | 775 | 446 | 7.21% | 2.71% |
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 · 229 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David the King | #3 | 18 | 141.4 | ||
| Rembrandt | #8 | 17 | 77.1 | ||
| Confessors of the Name | #11 | 4 | 10.2 |