Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Somerset Maugham
Charting Aug 27, 1934 → Dec 17, 1944 · 54 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 12.06%
- week of Oct 22, 1944
- Career Power
- 603
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 8
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 379
- December 1943 – December 1944
- Peak Five Years
- 379
- January 1940 – December 1944
- Top-five weeks
- 44
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 54
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Mar 22, 1937
- Comebacks
- 1
- May 1944
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Oct 18, 1937 | May 28, 1944 | 345 | 249 | 8.82% | 3.70% |
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
5 books · 603 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 Razor's Edge | #1 | 31 | 379.0 | ||
| Theatre | #1 | 19 | 196.1 | ||
| Teller of Tales | #6 | 2 | 13.6 | ||
| East and West | #5 | 1 | 8.3 | ||
| Cosmopolitans | #7 | 1 | 6.3 |