Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Thorne Smith

Charting Nov 7, 1932 → Jan 14, 1935 · 13 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 4.96%; week of May 15, 1933
Career Power: 137; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 1; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 106; May 1932 – May 1933
Peak Five Years: 137; October 1931 – November 1936
Top-five weeks: 13; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 13; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Apr 24, 1933
Comebacks: 1; January 1935

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Aug 14, 1933	Jan 14, 1935	74	48	4.96%	1.75%

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 · 137 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 Bishop's Jaegers	#2November 1932	5	November 1932 – January 1933	56.7	56.7
Rain in the Doorway	#1April 1933	4	April 1933 – May 1933	49.2	49.2
The Glorious Pool	#5January 1935	2	January 1935 – January 1935	17.0	16.7
Skin and Bones	#6January 1934	2	January 1934 – January 1934	14.5	14.5