Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Mary Ellen Chase
Charting Oct 8, 1934 → Mar 5, 1961 · 88 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 10.82%
- week of Apr 6, 1942
- Career Power
- 685
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 6
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 248
- April 1941 – April 1942
- Peak Five Years
- 297
- March 1956 – March 1961
- Top-five weeks
- 39
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 88
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Dec 15, 1941
- Comebacks
- 3
- December 1941, January 1958, September 1960
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Mar 23, 1936 | Dec 1, 1941 | 297 | 186 | 5.23% | 2.13% |
| After absence | Jun 29, 1942 | Jan 26, 1958 | 812 | 411 | 10.82% | 4.26% |
| After absence | Mar 30, 1958 | Sep 4, 1960 | 125 | 116 | 10.82% | 4.16% |
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
7 books · 685 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windswept | #1 | 20 | 248.0 | ||
| The Lovely Ambition | #4 | 36 | 217.3 | ||
| The Edge of Darkness | #5 | 15 | 79.6 | ||
| Mary Peters | #2 | 8 | 72.6 | ||
| Silas Crockett | #4 | 6 | 52.5 | ||
| Dawn at Lyonesse | #7 | 2 | 12.7 | ||
| The Plum Tree | #14 | 1 | 2.4 |