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
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

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

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
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	#3May 1950	46	February 1950 – January 1951	352.7	352.7
Calico Palace	#5June 1970	30	May 1970 – January 1971	189.0	189.0
Celia Garth	#6June 1959	21	May 1959 – October 1959	118.3	118.3
The Handsome Road	#6May 1938	2	May 1938 – June 1938	13.6	13.6