Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Kenneth Roberts
Charting Nov 19, 1934 → May 6, 1956 · 127 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
36 crowns
19341956Longest reign 12 weeks (Feb–Apr 1947) · First crown Jul 1937
- Peak Power
- 12.59%
- week of Jan 24, 1938
- Career Power
- 1,308
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 36
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 598
- July 1937 – July 1938
- Peak Five Years
- 881
- June 1936 – May 1941
- Top-five weeks
- 94
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 127
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Jul 19, 1937
- Comebacks
- 3
- Jul 1937 · Dec 1940 · Feb 1947, after 6 quiet years
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
5 books · 1,308 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Passage | #1 | 53 | 613.0 | ||
| Lydia Bailey | #1 | 29 | 299.3 | ||
| Oliver Wiswell | #1 | 23 | 268.2 | ||
| Boon Island | #5 | 16 | 82.2 | ||
| Captain Caution | #5 | 6 | 45.1 |
At their peak
1937 in books →Kenneth Roberts's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from July 1937 to July 1938. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Kenneth Roberts598
- 2A. J. Cronin557
- 3Louis Bromfield263
- 4Vaughan Wilkins199
- 5Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings172
- 6Phyllis Bottome122
- 7Hervey Allen118
- 8Michael Foster113
- 9Ann Bridge108
- 10Sinclair Lewis85
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.