Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Vincent Sheean
Charting Jun 22, 1936 → Aug 29, 1938 · 16 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 6.56%
- week of Aug 10, 1936
- Career Power
- 146
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 104
- September 1935 – September 1936
- Peak Five Years
- 146
- September 1933 – August 1938
- Top-five weeks
- 10
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 16
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Jul 6, 1936
- Comebacks
- 1
- August 1938
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Nov 23, 1936 | Aug 15, 1938 | 90 | 88 | 6.56% | 2.35% |
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 · 146 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanfelice | #1 | 11 | 103.8 | ||
| A Day of Battle | #4 | 5 | 42.0 |