Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
John Jennings
Charting Jun 19, 1939 → Feb 4, 1951 · 43 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 6.62%
- week of Nov 10, 1946
- Career Power
- 282
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 145
- February 1946 – January 1947
- Peak Five Years
- 178
- February 1946 – February 1951
- Top-five weeks
- 19
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 43
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Jun 19, 1939
- Comebacks
- 1
- September 1946
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Nov 27, 1939 | Sep 22, 1946 | 356 | 353 | 6.34% | 2.85% |
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
4 books · 282 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Salem Frigate | #3 | 22 | 144.6 | ||
| Next to Valour | #2 | 10 | 104.2 | ||
| The Sea Eagles | #8 | 8 | 26.8 | ||
| The Pepper Tree | #13 | 3 | 6.4 |