Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Jessamyn West
Charting Jan 20, 1946 → Aug 10, 1975 · 58 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.92%
- week of Aug 3, 1969
- Career Power
- 285
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 131
- September 1968 – September 1969
- Peak Five Years
- 131
- September 1964 – September 1969
- Top-five weeks
- 4
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 58
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of May 18, 1969
- Comebacks
- 3
- February 1954, April 1969, June 1975
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jun 3, 1951 | Feb 14, 1954 | 140 | 138 | 1.36% | 1.11% |
| After absence | Jul 4, 1954 | Apr 27, 1969 | 767 | 456 | 2.47% | 1.01% |
| After absence | Nov 23, 1969 | Jun 8, 1975 | 289 | 286 | 5.92% | 2.47% |
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
7 books · 285 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Except for Me and Thee | #4 | 20 | 131.2 | ||
| The Massacre at Fall Creek | #6 | 13 | 77.7 | ||
| Cress Delahanty | #8 | 11 | 39.3 | ||
| The Witch Diggers | #10 | 5 | 15.3 | ||
| South of the Angels | #13 | 5 | 11.7 | ||
| The Friendly Persuasion | #12 | 3 | 8.0 | ||
| Love, Death and the Ladies' Drill Team | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |