Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
H.E. Bates
Charting Jan 18, 1948 → Mar 15, 1953 · 8 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 0.99%
- week of Feb 15, 1948
- Career Power
- 19
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 11
- February 1947 – February 1948
- Peak Five Years
- 11
- March 1943 – February 1948
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 8
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.16%
- week of Feb 1, 1948
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
2 books · 19 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 Purple Plain | #12 | 5 | 11.2 | ||
| Love for Lydia | #12 | 3 | 7.7 |
At their peak
1947 in books →H.E. Bates's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from February 1947 to February 1948. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Laura Z. Hobson393
- 2Thomas B. Costain342
- 3Ben Ames Williams284
- 4Russell Janney262
- 5Kenneth Roberts244
- 6Frank Yerby227
- 7Willard Motley214
- 8Sinclair Lewis193
- 9Marcia Davenport182
- 10John Steinbeck182
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.