Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Howard Spring
Charting May 30, 1938 → Feb 11, 1962 · 115 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 12.58%
- week of Oct 17, 1938
- Career Power
- 869
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 11
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 382
- January 1938 – January 1939
- Peak Five Years
- 459
- February 1936 – February 1941
- Top-five weeks
- 56
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 115
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Jul 11, 1938
- Comebacks
- 2
- January 1941, June 1952
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Mar 20, 1939 | Jan 27, 1941 | 97 | 88 | 12.58% | 4.81% |
| After absence | Mar 10, 1941 | Jun 29, 1952 | 590 | 311 | 12.58% | 4.69% |
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
10 books · 869 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Son, My Son! | #1 | 31 | 381.8 | ||
| The Houses in Between | #2 | 37 | 297.4 | ||
| Fame Is the Spur | #3 | 9 | 77.0 | ||
| These Lovers Fled Away | #9 | 11 | 35.7 | ||
| Time and the Hour | #8 | 7 | 27.5 | ||
| All the Day Long | #11 | 10 | 25.7 | ||
| I Met a Lady | #11 | 7 | 17.2 | ||
| Dunkerley's | #13 | 1 | 2.8 | ||
| There Is No Armour | #14 | 1 | 2.4 | ||
| A Sunset Touch | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |