Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Hervey Allen

Charting Jul 3, 1933 → Dec 19, 1948 · 123 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 13.95%; week of Jan 8, 1934
Career Power: 1,328; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 35; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 703; July 1933 – June 1934
Peak Five Years: 1,115; June 1933 – May 1938
Top-five weeks: 105; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 123; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Jul 3, 1933
Comebacks: 4; October 1936, April 1938, May 1943, October 1948

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Jan 14, 1935	Oct 19, 1936	92	86	13.95%	5.33%
After decline	Feb 1, 1937	Apr 4, 1938	61	58	13.95%	4.92%
After absence	Jul 11, 1938	May 10, 1943	252	247	13.95%	5.10%
After absence	Jun 7, 1943	Oct 24, 1948	281	220	13.95%	5.08%

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

5 books · 1,328 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
Anthony Adverse	#1July 1933	86	July 1933 – January 1937	997.5	996.2
Action at Aquila	#1March 1938	11	March 1938 – May 1938	117.6	117.6
Toward the Morning	#3October 1948	15	September 1948 – December 1948	108.5	108.5
The Forest and the Fort	#3April 1943	6	April 1943 – May 1943	60.5	60.5
Bedford Village	#4April 1944	5	April 1944 – June 1944	44.2	44.2