Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Lion Feuchtwanger
Charting Nov 14, 1932 → Jun 7, 1953 · 41 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
2 crowns
19321953Longest reign 2 weeks (Apr 1934) · First crown Apr 1934
- Peak Power
- 6.43%
- week of May 7, 1934
- Career Power
- 285
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 2
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 121
- February 1947 – February 1948
- Peak Five Years
- 181
- September 1946 – September 1951
- Top-five weeks
- 13
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 41
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Apr 2, 1934
- Comebacks
- 3
- Apr 1934 · Oct 1947, after 13 quiet years · Jul 1951
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 · 285 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proud Destiny | #3 | 18 | 120.8 | ||
| The Oppermanns | #1 | 8 | 90.9 | ||
| This Is the Hour | #7 | 13 | 60.2 | ||
| Josephus | #3 | 1 | 11.0 | ||
| Tis Folly to Be Wise | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |
At their peak
1947 in books →Lion Feuchtwanger's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from February 1947 to February 1948. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Laura Z. Hobson393
- 2Thomas B. Costain337
- 3Russell Janney273
- 4Ben Ames Williams271
- 5Kenneth Roberts258
- 6Frank Yerby227
- 7Willard Motley211
- 8Sinclair Lewis193
- 9John Steinbeck182
- 10Marcia Davenport168
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.