Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Merle Miller
Charting Feb 8, 1948 → Jan 16, 1955 · 16 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.10%
- week of Apr 18, 1948
- Career Power
- 51
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 31
- April 1947 – April 1948
- Peak Five Years
- 31
- May 1943 – April 1948
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 16
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 6.32%
- week of Mar 7, 1948
- Comebacks
- 1
- December 1954
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 18, 1948 | Dec 12, 1954 | 333 | 328 | 2.10% | 1.25% |
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
2 books · 51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| That Winter | #7 | 9 | 31.4 | ||
| Reunion | #11 | 7 | 19.3 |