Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Willa Cather
Charting Oct 12, 1931 → Dec 19, 1948 · 36 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.59%
- week of Sep 30, 1935
- Career Power
- 314
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 4
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 123
- October 1934 – October 1935
- Peak Five Years
- 167
- October 1931 – November 1936
- Top-five weeks
- 23
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 36
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Aug 12, 1935
- Comebacks
- 2
- August 1935, December 1940
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Nov 28, 1932 | Aug 12, 1935 | 141 | 141 | 3.26% | 1.58% |
| After absence | Jan 13, 1936 | Dec 30, 1940 | 259 | 257 | 7.59% | 2.90% |
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
5 books · 314 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy Gayheart | #1 | 11 | 123.1 | ||
| Sapphira and the Slave Girl | #3 | 12 | 115.2 | ||
| Obscure Destinies | #2 | 3 | 34.7 | ||
| The Old Beauty and Others | #8 | 9 | 31.6 | ||
| Shadows on the Rock | #4 | 1 | 9.6 |