Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Nancy Wilson Ross
Charting Mar 9, 1947 → Nov 24, 1957 · 23 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.18%
- week of May 11, 1947
- Career Power
- 81
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 62
- July 1946 – July 1947
- Peak Five Years
- 79
- April 1945 – March 1950
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 23
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 5.50%
- week of Apr 13, 1947
- Comebacks
- 1
- March 1950
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Sep 21, 1947 | Mar 19, 1950 | 130 | 126 | 3.18% | 1.28% |
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
3 books · 81 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 Left Hand Is the Dreamer | #8 | 16 | 62.1 | ||
| I, My Ancestor | #9 | 6 | 16.9 | ||
| The Return of Lady Brace | #14 | 1 | 2.4 |