Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Kenneth Roberts

Charting Nov 19, 1934 → May 6, 1956 · 127 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 12.59%; week of Jan 24, 1938
Career Power: 1,308; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 36; weeks as the top author

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; July 1937, December 1940, February 1947

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Mar 18, 1935	Jul 12, 1937	121	121	3.78%	1.38%
After absence	Sep 12, 1938	Dec 23, 1940	119	116	12.59%	5.38%
After absence	Jul 14, 1941	Feb 16, 1947	292	288	12.59%	5.16%

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

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	#1July 1937	53	July 1937 – July 1938	613.0	613.0
Lydia Bailey	#1February 1947	29	January 1947 – August 1947	299.3	299.3
Oliver Wiswell	#1December 1940	23	December 1940 – May 1941	268.2	268.2
Boon Island	#5February 1956	16	January 1956 – May 1956	82.2	82.2
Captain Caution	#5December 1934	6	November 1934 – December 1934	45.1	42.9