Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Ilka Chase
Charting Nov 22, 1943 → Jul 8, 1951 · 29 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 6.69%
- week of Feb 20, 1944
- Career Power
- 180
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 109
- March 1943 – February 1944
- Peak Five Years
- 121
- April 1941 – April 1946
- Top-five weeks
- 13
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 29
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Dec 19, 1943
- Comebacks
- 1
- April 1951
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | May 21, 1944 | Apr 29, 1951 | 362 | 259 | 6.69% | 2.56% |
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
3 books · 180 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Bed We Cry | #3 | 12 | 109.2 | ||
| New York 22 | #5 | 13 | 59.1 | ||
| I Love Miss Tilli Bean | #10 | 4 | 12.1 |