Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Margaret Kennedy
Charting Apr 9, 1950 → May 20, 1962 · 19 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.91%
- week of Jun 4, 1950
- Career Power
- 84
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 55
- June 1949 – June 1950
- Peak Five Years
- 81
- March 1950 – March 1955
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 19
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of Apr 30, 1950
- Comebacks
- 1
- September 1951
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Sep 3, 1950 | Sep 16, 1951 | 54 | 51 | 3.91% | 1.57% |
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
4 books · 84 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 Feast | #5 | 10 | 55.3 | ||
| Lucy Carmichael | #9 | 6 | 23.4 | ||
| The Forgotten Smile | #16 | 2 | 3.6 | ||
| Act of God | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |