Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Hugh Walpole
Charting Sep 19, 1932 → Aug 25, 1941 · 25 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.35%
- week of Dec 14, 1936
- Career Power
- 224
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 79
- October 1936 – October 1937
- Peak Five Years
- 181
- October 1932 – October 1937
- Top-five weeks
- 16
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 25
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Sep 25, 1933
- Comebacks
- 2
- November 1936, August 1941
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Nov 4, 1935 | Nov 2, 1936 | 52 | 51 | 4.14% | 1.50% |
| After decline | Nov 8, 1937 | Aug 25, 1941 | 198 | 92 | 4.35% | 1.72% |
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
9 books · 224 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Prayer for My Son | #3 | 8 | 64.5 | ||
| Captain Nicholas | #2 | 4 | 43.4 | ||
| Vanessa | #2 | 3 | 37.9 | ||
| The Inquisitor | #5 | 3 | 20.2 | ||
| The Blind Man's House | #5 | 2 | 16.7 | ||
| John Corneliius | #5 | 2 | 14.7 | ||
| The Fortress | #3 | 1 | 11.0 | ||
| Sea Tower | #5 | 1 | 8.3 | ||
| The Joyful Delaneys | #6 | 1 | 7.3 |