Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Laura Z. Hobson

Charting Mar 16, 1947Nov 25, 1951 · 42 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
12.67%
week of Aug 10, 1947
Career Power
413
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
14
weeks as the top author
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 (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

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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
Gentleman's Agreement#136392.8
The Other Father#9517.8
The Celebrity#1512.1