Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Mary Stewart

Charting Mar 1, 1959 → Mar 4, 1984 · 294 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 12.22%; week of Nov 25, 1973
Career Power: 2,335; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 16; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 387; March 1973 – March 1974
Peak Five Years: 790; February 1963 – February 1968
Top-five weeks: 160; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 294; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Oct 29, 1967
Comebacks: 8; February 1962, September 1964, October 1967, August 1970, August 1973, September 1976, September 1979, January 1984

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Jul 24, 1960	Feb 11, 1962	81	77	4.62%	1.94%
After decline	Sep 1, 1963	Sep 13, 1964	53	50	6.51%	2.50%
After decline	May 22, 1966	Oct 22, 1967	74	71	9.23%	3.48%
After absence	Jun 2, 1968	Aug 2, 1970	113	109	9.23%	3.34%
After absence	May 9, 1971	Aug 19, 1973	119	114	10.90%	4.42%
After absence	May 19, 1974	Sep 19, 1976	122	116	12.22%	4.61%
After absence	Mar 6, 1977	Sep 9, 1979	118	114	12.22%	5.14%
After absence	Apr 13, 1980	Jan 22, 1984	197	188	12.22%	4.33%

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

12 books · 2,335 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 Hollow Hills	#1September 1973	35	July 1973 – March 1974	386.7	386.7
The Crystal Cave	#2August 1970	35	July 1970 – February 1971	348.9	348.9
The Last Enchantment	#1September 1979	30	August 1979 – March 1980	258.5	258.5
This Rough Magic	#2November 1964	30	August 1964 – March 1965	258.0	258.0
The Gabriel Hounds	#1October 1967	25	October 1967 – March 1968	239.4	239.4
Touch Not the Cat	#2October 1976	23	August 1976 – January 1977	191.0	191.0
Airs Above the Ground	#3October 1965	23	September 1965 – March 1966	190.2	190.2
The Moonspinners	#5January 1963	22	January 1963 – June 1963	150.1	150.1
Nine Coaches Waiting	#7July 1959	27	March 1959 – August 1959	110.3	110.3
The Wicked Day	#5January 1984	16	November 1983 – March 1984	88.2	88.2
The Ivy Tree	#6March 1962	19	January 1962 – May 1962	88.2	88.2
My Brother Michael	#10May 1960	9	April 1960 – July 1960	25.4	25.4