Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Lloyd C. Douglas

Charting Dec 26, 1932 → Mar 7, 1954 · 233 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 14.35%; week of Aug 30, 1943
Career Power: 2,307; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 52; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 695; December 1942 – December 1943
Peak Five Years: 1,048; February 1941 – January 1946
Top-five weeks: 173; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 233; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.91%; week of Apr 29, 1935
Comebacks: 4; March 1935, February 1939, December 1942, December 1948

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Mar 27, 1933	Mar 25, 1935	104	103	1.20%	2.04%
After decline	Mar 22, 1937	Feb 20, 1939	100	96	11.43%	4.52%
After absence	Jun 5, 1939	Dec 14, 1942	184	148	11.43%	4.10%
After absence	Aug 20, 1944	Dec 26, 1948	227	147	14.35%	5.27%

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

7 books · 2,307 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
The Robe	#1December 1942	111	November 1942 – March 1954	1,107.3	1,107.3
The Big Fisherman	#1December 1948	62	November 1948 – February 1950	590.1	590.1
Green Light	#1April 1935	31	March 1935 – December 1935	335.7	334.5
White Banners	#3October 1936	15	October 1936 – February 1937	142.5	142.5
Disputed Passage	#3January 1939	12	January 1939 – April 1939	113.8	113.8
Forgive Us Our Trespasses	#3December 1932	1	December 1932	11.0	11.0
Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal	#7January 1940	1	January 1940	6.3	6.3