Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
W. Somerset Maugham
Charting Oct 30, 1939 → Feb 13, 1949 · 55 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.07%
- week of Jan 8, 1940
- Career Power
- 439
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 176
- September 1939 – September 1940
- Peak Five Years
- 251
- August 1937 – July 1942
- Top-five weeks
- 33
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 55
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Nov 6, 1939
- Comebacks
- 3
- July 1942, June 1946, December 1948
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jun 30, 1941 | Jul 13, 1942 | 54 | 52 | 7.07% | 2.58% |
| After absence | Aug 31, 1942 | Jun 30, 1946 | 200 | 198 | 7.07% | 3.09% |
| After decline | Dec 8, 1946 | Dec 19, 1948 | 106 | 101 | 7.07% | 2.69% |
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
6 books · 439 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then and Now | #3 | 15 | 124.7 | ||
| Christmas Holiday | #2 | 11 | 114.1 | ||
| Catalina | #7 | 13 | 63.2 | ||
| The Mixture as Before | #3 | 7 | 62.3 | ||
| Up at the Villa | #5 | 5 | 37.4 | ||
| The Hour Before the Dawn | #3 | 4 | 37.3 |