Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Sinclair Lewis
Charting Jan 30, 1933 → Apr 29, 1951 · 127 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 10.84%
- week of Mar 16, 1936
- Career Power
- 1,277
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 29
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 337
- May 1935 – May 1936
- Peak Five Years
- 671
- December 1931 – December 1936
- Top-five weeks
- 93
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 127
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Jan 30, 1933
- Comebacks
- 5
- November 1935, February 1938, May 1943, November 1945, July 1947
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jul 2, 1934 | Nov 11, 1935 | 71 | 69 | 10.69% | 3.75% |
| After decline | Aug 3, 1936 | Feb 14, 1938 | 80 | 58 | 10.84% | 3.89% |
| After absence | May 9, 1938 | May 31, 1943 | 264 | 156 | 10.84% | 3.98% |
| After absence | Aug 16, 1943 | Nov 11, 1945 | 117 | 114 | 10.84% | 3.98% |
| After decline | Apr 21, 1946 | Jul 6, 1947 | 63 | 60 | 10.84% | 4.40% |
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
10 books · 1,277 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| It Can't Happen Here | #1 | 31 | 350.2 | ||
| Kingsblood Royal | #1 | 20 | 192.8 | ||
| Cass Timberlane | #2 | 19 | 175.5 | ||
| Ann Vickers | #1 | 12 | 172.4 | ||
| Work of Art | #1 | 13 | 148.2 | ||
| The Prodigal Parents | #1 | 8 | 85.3 | ||
| Gideon Planish | #2 | 7 | 74.4 | ||
| Bethel Merriday | #3 | 5 | 43.5 | ||
| The God-Seeker | #10 | 9 | 28.5 | ||
| World So Wide | #15 | 3 | 5.7 |