Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Louis Bromfield

Charting May 9, 1932 → Nov 25, 1951 · 99 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 8.92%; week of Mar 7, 1938
Career Power: 895; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 1; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 263; May 1937 – May 1938
Peak Five Years: 573; August 1937 – August 1942
Top-five weeks: 74; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 99; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of May 9, 1932
Comebacks: 4; August 1933, November 1937, June 1940, December 1941

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Aug 22, 1932	Aug 28, 1933	53	52	4.65%	2.45%
After absence	Dec 11, 1933	Nov 8, 1937	204	124	5.44%	2.13%
After decline	Jul 25, 1938	Jun 3, 1940	97	65	8.92%	3.77%
After decline	Oct 28, 1940	Dec 29, 1941	61	57	8.92%	3.54%

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

11 books · 895 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 Rains Came	#3November 1937	28	November 1937 – May 1938	263.5	263.5
Mrs. Parkington	#2February 1943	14	January 1943 – April 1943	143.5	143.5
Night in Bombay	#2May 1940	13	May 1940 – August 1940	136.3	136.3
Until the Day Break	#2June 1942	9	June 1942 – August 1942	92.5	92.5
The Farm	#2August 1933	5	August 1933 – September 1933	61.6	61.6
Wild Is the River	#5December 1941	7	December 1941 – January 1942	57.3	57.3
A Modern Hero	#1May 1932	4	May 1932 – May 1932	50.8	50.8
Mr. Smith	#7September 1951	12	September 1951 – November 1951	42.2	42.2
It Takes All Kinds	#4October 1939	3	October 1939 – November 1939	23.2	23.2
The Man Who Had Everything	#7May 1935	3	May 1935 – June 1935	18.2	18.2
Here Today and Gone Tomorrow	#8April 1934	1	April 1934	5.5	5.5