Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Vicki Baum
Charting Mar 14, 1932 → Aug 3, 1958 · 6 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.52%
- week of Sep 4, 1939
- Career Power
- 43
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 15
- September 1938 – September 1939
- Peak Five Years
- 30
- March 1937 – March 1942
- Top-five weeks
- 3
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 6
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Mar 14, 1932
- Comebacks
- 1
- September 1939
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jun 13, 1932 | Sep 4, 1939 | 377 | 292 | 1.20% | 1.52% |
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 · 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai '37 | #5 | 2 | 14.7 | ||
| And Life Goes On | #3 | 1 | 11.0 | ||
| Tale of Bali | #5 | 1 | 8.3 | ||
| Marion Alive | #6 | 1 | 7.3 | ||
| Theme for Ballet | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |