Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Margaret Ayer Barnes
Charting Dec 21, 1931 → Dec 12, 1938 · 16 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.81%
- week of Jan 8, 1934
- Career Power
- 163
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 97
- March 1933 – March 1934
- Peak Five Years
- 155
- October 1931 – November 1936
- Top-five weeks
- 13
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 16
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Dec 28, 1931
- Comebacks
- 1
- December 1933
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | May 16, 1932 | Dec 11, 1933 | 82 | 80 | 3.94% | 2.33% |
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 · 163 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Within This Present | #2 | 10 | 96.6 | ||
| Westward Passage | #2 | 5 | 58.3 | ||
| Wisdom's Gate | #5 | 1 | 8.3 |