Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
R. C. Hutchinson
Charting Mar 5, 1934 → Mar 27, 1949 · 14 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.48%
- week of Sep 23, 1940
- Career Power
- 83
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 32
- October 1939 – October 1940
- Peak Five Years
- 53
- November 1935 – October 1940
- Top-five weeks
- 2
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 14
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Sep 23, 1940
- Comebacks
- 2
- September 1940, March 1949
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Apr 26, 1937 | Sep 16, 1940 | 177 | 176 | 2.02% | 1.62% |
| After absence | Jan 13, 1941 | Mar 6, 1949 | 425 | 423 | 2.49% | 1.19% |
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
4 books · 83 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 Fire and the Wood | #4 | 4 | 32.5 | ||
| Elephant and Castle | #8 | 6 | 23.7 | ||
| Shining Scabbard | #6 | 3 | 20.9 | ||
| The Unforgotten Prisoner | #7 | 1 | 6.3 |