Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Rebecca West
Charting Mar 16, 1936 → Apr 23, 1967 · 56 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 8.42%
- week of Feb 26, 1967
- Career Power
- 479
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 212
- May 1966 – April 1967
- Peak Five Years
- 212
- April 1962 – April 1967
- Top-five weeks
- 35
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 56
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Apr 6, 1936
- Comebacks
- 2
- January 1957, November 1966
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Aug 24, 1936 | Jan 13, 1957 | 1063 | 1060 | 7.10% | 3.05% |
| After absence | Jul 14, 1957 | Nov 27, 1966 | 483 | 479 | 7.53% | 3.29% |
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 · 479 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 Birds Fall Down | #3 | 25 | 211.5 | ||
| The Fountain Overflows | #2 | 20 | 155.7 | ||
| The Thinking Reed | #2 | 11 | 111.6 |