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S. S. Van Dine

Charting Jan 23, 1933 → Nov 23, 1936 · 19 weeks with chart power

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Peak Power: 3.27%; week of Nov 6, 1933
Career Power: 161; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Author of the Week

Peak Year: 68; November 1932 – November 1933
Peak Five Years: 161; December 1931 – November 1936
Top-five weeks: 11; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 19; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 12.64%; week of Jan 23, 1933
Comebacks: 0; none detected

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

5 books · 161 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 Garden Murder Case	#4October 1935	5	October 1935 – November 1935	37.3	37.3
The Kennel Murder Case	#2January 1933	3	January 1933 – February 1933	34.7	34.7
The Dragon Murder Case	#3October 1933	3	October 1933 – November 1933	33.0	33.0
The Casino Murder Case	#3October 1934	4	October 1934 – October 1934	32.7	32.1
The Kidnap Murder Case	#7November 1936	4	October 1936 – November 1936	23.7	23.7

At their peak

1932 in books →

S. S. Van Dine's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from November 1932 to November 1933. The most powerful authors over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1930s.