Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Walter D. Edmonds
Charting Aug 10, 1936 → Mar 2, 1947 · 56 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 12.59%
- week of Mar 1, 1937
- Career Power
- 589
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 4
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 493
- August 1936 – July 1937
- Peak Five Years
- 583
- June 1935 – June 1940
- Top-five weeks
- 44
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 56
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Feb 22, 1937
- Comebacks
- 1
- May 1940
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Sep 27, 1937 | May 20, 1940 | 138 | 133 | 12.59% | 4.61% |
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
3 books · 589 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drums Along the Mohawk | #1 | 46 | 513.6 | ||
| Chad Hanna | #3 | 8 | 69.9 | ||
| In the Hands of the Senecas | #11 | 2 | 5.5 |