Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Helen Howe
Charting Jul 21, 1946 → Jan 6, 1957 · 27 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.44%
- week of Sep 29, 1946
- Career Power
- 102
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 60
- November 1945 – November 1946
- Peak Five Years
- 60
- November 1941 – November 1946
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 27
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of Sep 8, 1946
- Comebacks
- 1
- November 1956
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jan 19, 1947 | Nov 11, 1956 | 511 | 507 | 3.44% | 1.65% |
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 · 102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| We Happy Few | #5 | 15 | 60.2 | ||
| The Success | #8 | 12 | 41.9 |