Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Tom Lea
Charting May 8, 1949 → Mar 15, 1953 · 38 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 6.76%
- week of Aug 14, 1949
- Career Power
- 234
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 150
- October 1948 – October 1949
- Peak Five Years
- 234
- March 1948 – March 1953
- Top-five weeks
- 9
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 38
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Jun 19, 1949
- Comebacks
- 1
- December 1952
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Dec 4, 1949 | Dec 28, 1952 | 160 | 156 | 6.77% | 2.77% |
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 · 234 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 Brave Bulls | #3 | 22 | 150.2 | ||
| The Wonderful Country | #6 | 16 | 84.2 |