Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Laura Z. Hobson
Charting Mar 16, 1947 → Nov 25, 1951 · 42 weeks with chart power
Honours
- Author of the Year
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
14 crowns
19471951Longest reign 10 weeks (Apr–Jun 1947) · First crown Apr 1947
- Peak Power
- 12.67%
- week of Aug 10, 1947
- Career Power
- 413
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 14
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 393
- December 1946 – December 1947
- Peak Five Years
- 413
- December 1946 – November 1951
- Top-five weeks
- 30
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 42
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Apr 27, 1947
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
3 books · 413 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentleman's Agreement | #1 | 36 | 392.8 | ||
| The Other Father | #9 | 5 | 17.8 | ||
| The Celebrity | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |
At their peak
1946 in books →Laura Z. Hobson's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from December 1946 to December 1947. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Laura Z. Hobson393
- 2Russell Janney371
- 3Kenneth Roberts299
- 4Thomas B. Costain256
- 5Frank Yerby232
- 6John P. Marquand222
- 7Sholem Asch200
- 8Sinclair Lewis193
- 9Willard Motley177
- 10John Steinbeck162
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.