Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Sarah Gainham
Charting Aug 13, 1967 → Oct 26, 1969 · 25 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.87%
- week of Nov 5, 1967
- Career Power
- 156
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 113
- December 1966 – December 1967
- Peak Five Years
- 156
- October 1964 – October 1969
- Top-five weeks
- 5
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 25
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Sep 24, 1967
- Comebacks
- 1
- September 1969
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Feb 25, 1968 | Sep 28, 1969 | 83 | 79 | 5.87% | 2.25% |
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
2 books · 156 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Night Falls on the City | #3 | 16 | 112.9 | ||
| A Place in the Country | #7 | 9 | 43.5 |