Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Charting Feb 22, 1932 → Jul 27, 1952 · 72 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 8.49%
- week of Aug 17, 1936
- Career Power
- 580
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 4
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 151
- September 1935 – August 1936
- Peak Five Years
- 315
- October 1933 – September 1938
- Top-five weeks
- 38
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 72
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Jun 8, 1936
- Comebacks
- 5
- June 1933, June 1936, August 1938, March 1948, March 1952
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | May 30, 1932 | Jun 5, 1933 | 53 | 53 | 3.56% | 1.38% |
| After decline | Jun 11, 1934 | Jun 8, 1936 | 104 | 103 | 5.03% | 2.52% |
| After decline | Nov 16, 1936 | Aug 8, 1938 | 90 | 87 | 8.49% | 3.78% |
| After absence | Nov 28, 1938 | Mar 7, 1948 | 484 | 479 | 8.49% | 3.16% |
| After absence | May 23, 1948 | Mar 30, 1952 | 201 | 194 | 8.49% | 3.36% |
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 · 580 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 Doctor | #1 | 13 | 151.2 | ||
| The Swimming Pool | #5 | 24 | 128.5 | ||
| The Wall | #3 | 10 | 98.5 | ||
| The State Versus Elinor Norton | #3 | 7 | 65.6 | ||
| A Light in the Window | #5 | 12 | 62.2 | ||
| The Album | #2 | 3 | 37.9 | ||
| Miss Pinkerton | #2 | 3 | 36.3 |