Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Thomas Wolfe
Charting Mar 18, 1935 → Nov 10, 1941 · 46 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 9.60%
- week of May 20, 1935
- Career Power
- 499
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 9
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 267
- September 1934 – September 1935
- Peak Five Years
- 394
- September 1934 – September 1939
- Top-five weeks
- 37
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 46
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.97%
- week of Mar 18, 1935
- Comebacks
- 1
- July 1939
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Nov 25, 1935 | Jul 17, 1939 | 190 | 188 | 9.60% | 3.56% |
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
4 books · 499 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Of Time and the River | #1 | 25 | 267.4 | ||
| The Web and the Rock | #2 | 11 | 126.8 | ||
| You Can't Go Home Again | #1 | 8 | 90.5 | ||
| The Hills Beyond | #6 | 2 | 14.5 |