Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Grace Metalious
Charting Sep 30, 1956 → Jan 31, 1960 · 79 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 14.09%
- week of Sep 15, 1957
- Career Power
- 814
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 29
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 702
- October 1956 – October 1957
- Peak Five Years
- 814
- January 1955 – January 1960
- Top-five weeks
- 55
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 79
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Nov 25, 1956
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
2 books · 814 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Place | #1 | 76 | 806.8 | ||
| Return to Peyton Place | #13 | 3 | 7.0 |