Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Marguerite Steen
Charting Aug 25, 1941 → Jan 16, 1955 · 59 weeks with chart power
Honours
NYT Hardcover Fiction
- ChartReign #1
- 1 weekFirst: Sep 11, 1949
- Peak Power
- 10.41%
- week of Jan 26, 1942
- Career Power
- 494
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 329
- May 1941 – May 1942
- Peak Five Years
- 329
- May 1937 – May 1942
- Top-five weeks
- 37
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 59
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Sep 11, 1949
- Comebacks
- 1
- September 1949
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jun 22, 1942 | Sep 18, 1949 | 378 | 218 | 10.41% | 4.28% |
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
4 books · 494 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 Sun Is My Undoing | #2 | 31 | 328.9 | ||
| Twilight on the Floods | #1 | 16 | 122.4 | ||
| Bell Timson | #7 | 7 | 31.0 | ||
| The Bulls of Parral | #13 | 5 | 11.5 |