Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Gwen Bristow
Charting May 30, 1938 → Jan 17, 1971 · 99 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 9.78%
- week of Sep 17, 1950
- Career Power
- 674
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 353
- January 1950 – January 1951
- Peak Five Years
- 353
- January 1946 – January 1951
- Top-five weeks
- 40
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 99
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of May 7, 1950
- Comebacks
- 3
- March 1950, July 1959, July 1970
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Sep 5, 1938 | Mar 12, 1950 | 601 | 599 | 1.32% | 1.38% |
| After absence | Feb 25, 1951 | Jul 12, 1959 | 434 | 427 | 9.77% | 3.64% |
| After absence | Nov 22, 1959 | Jul 5, 1970 | 550 | 543 | 9.77% | 3.76% |
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
4 books · 674 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jubilee Trail | #3 | 46 | 352.7 | ||
| Calico Palace | #5 | 30 | 189.0 | ||
| Celia Garth | #6 | 21 | 118.3 | ||
| The Handsome Road | #6 | 2 | 13.6 |