Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Helen Hooven Santmyer
Charting Jun 17, 1984 → Mar 3, 1985 · 38 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 10.60%
- week of Oct 14, 1984
- Career Power
- 330
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 7
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 330
- March 1984 – March 1985
- Peak Five Years
- 330
- March 1980 – March 1985
- Top-five weeks
- 19
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 38
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Jul 8, 1984
- 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
1 book · 330 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . . . and Ladies of the Club, | #1 | 38 | 329.7 |