Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Nancy Mitford
Charting Jul 7, 1946 → Jul 16, 1961 · 40 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.44%
- week of Jun 25, 1961
- Career Power
- 154
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 61
- February 1951 – January 1952
- Peak Five Years
- 77
- February 1947 – January 1952
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 40
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 7.26%
- week of Jun 11, 1961
- Comebacks
- 3
- August 1949, November 1951, May 1961
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Dec 1, 1946 | Aug 21, 1949 | 142 | 139 | 1.49% | 1.14% |
| After decline | Nov 20, 1949 | Nov 11, 1951 | 103 | 101 | 1.49% | 1.48% |
| After absence | Apr 20, 1952 | May 7, 1961 | 469 | 466 | 3.42% | 1.46% |
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
4 books · 154 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 Blessing | #8 | 14 | 61.4 | ||
| Don't Tell Alfred | #6 | 13 | 54.2 | ||
| The Pursuit of Love | #8 | 8 | 23.2 | ||
| Love in a Cold Climate | #11 | 5 | 15.5 |