Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Margery Sharp
Charting Sep 20, 1937 → May 14, 1961 · 62 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 8.13%
- week of Oct 13, 1946
- Career Power
- 391
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 152
- November 1945 – November 1946
- Peak Five Years
- 228
- September 1943 – August 1948
- Top-five weeks
- 21
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 62
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Aug 11, 1946
- Comebacks
- 4
- October 1940, October 1944, July 1946, July 1948
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jun 13, 1938 | Oct 28, 1940 | 124 | 76 | 3.35% | 1.60% |
| After absence | Jan 6, 1941 | Oct 8, 1944 | 196 | 195 | 3.35% | 2.13% |
| After decline | Dec 10, 1944 | Jul 28, 1946 | 85 | 84 | 3.35% | 2.01% |
| After decline | Jan 19, 1947 | Jul 25, 1948 | 79 | 74 | 8.13% | 3.08% |
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
10 books · 391 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Britannia Mews | #2 | 17 | 152.2 | ||
| The Nutmeg Tree | #4 | 10 | 74.8 | ||
| The Foolish Gentlewoman | #5 | 11 | 55.5 | ||
| The Gipsy in the Parlour | #8 | 10 | 36.9 | ||
| The Stone of Chastity | #5 | 3 | 22.9 | ||
| Cluny Brown | #3 | 2 | 20.6 | ||
| Harlequin House | #4 | 1 | 9.6 | ||
| The Eye of Love | #13 | 3 | 7.6 | ||
| Something Light | #14 | 3 | 6.0 | ||
| The Rescuers | #11 | 2 | 5.5 |