Eras
Who was the most powerful author in a year, who dominated a decade, who held #1 the longest. Every figure is a defined metric summed or maximised over a date range of stored weekly rows — nothing is weighted by opinion.
Leader of every year
Column height = the leader's average Power Share over the period. Click a column to explore that range.
- Robert Ludlum5 periods
- John Grisham5 periods
- James Patterson5 periods
- Lloyd C. Douglas3 periods
- Leon Uris3 periods
- Stephen King3 periods
- Dan Brown3 periods
- Hervey Allen2 periods
- Margaret Mitchell2 periods
- Herman Wouk2 periods
- James A. Michener2 periods
- Robert James Waller2 periods
- James Redfield2 periods
- Danielle Steel2 periods
- J. K. Rowling2 periods
- Gillian Flynn2 periods
- Anthony Doerr2 periods
- Delia Owens2 periods
- Rebecca Yarros2 periods
- John Galsworthy1 period
- Charles Morgan1 period
- A. J. Cronin1 period
- John Steinbeck1 period
- Richard Llewellyn1 period
- James Hilton1 period
- Franz Werfel1 period
- Lillian Smith1 period
- Samuel Shellaburger1 period
- Taylor Caldwell1 period
- Laura Z. Hobson1 period
- Norman Mailer1 period
- Henry Morton Robinson1 period
- James Jones1 period
- Annemarie Selinko1 period
- Morton Thompson1 period
- Francoise Sagan1 period
- Edwin O'Connor1 period
- Grace Metalious1 period
- Robert Traver1 period
- Harper Lee1 period
- Katherine Anne Porter1 period
- Morris L. West1 period
- John le Carré1 period
- Bel Kaufman1 period
- Jacqueline Susann1 period
- Elia Kazan1 period
- Arthur Hailey1 period
- Mario Puzo1 period
- Erich Segal1 period
- Frederick Forsyth1 period
- Peter Benchley1 period
- James Michener1 period
- Paul E. Erdman1 period
- J.R.R. Tolkien1 period
- James Clavell1 period
- Tom Wolfe1 period
- Tom Clancy1 period
- Khaled Hosseini1 period
- Stephenie Meyer1 period
- Kathryn Stockett1 period
- Donna Tartt1 period
- Matt Haig1 period
- Bonnie Garmus1 period
- Virginia Evans1 period
Leaders in 1931
Oct 12, 1931 → Dec 28, 1931 · 7 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1John Galsworthy87
- 2A. A. Milne47
- 3Clemance Dane33
- 4Edna Ferber24
- 5Margaret Ayer Barnes24
- 6Warwick Deeping15
- 7Mazo de la Roche13
- 8Pearl Buck13
- 9Henri Fauconnier11
- 10Pearl S. Buck11
| # | Author | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Galsworthy | 87 | 12.45% | 14.53% | 7.26% | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | A. A. Milne | 47 | 6.76% | 12.64% | 4.38% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Clemance Dane | 33 | 4.75% | 12.64% | 3.02% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Edna Ferber | 24 | 3.38% | 12.64% | 2.45% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Margaret Ayer Barnes | 24 | 3.38% | 12.64% | 2.45% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Warwick Deeping | 15 | 2.08% | 14.53% | 1.58% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Mazo de la Roche | 13 | 1.81% | 12.64% | 1.38% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Pearl Buck | 13 | 1.81% | 12.64% | 1.38% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Henri Fauconnier | 11 | 1.57% | 11.01% | 1.20% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Pearl S. Buck | 11 | 1.57% | 11.01% | 1.20% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Willa Cather | 10 | 1.37% | 9.58% | 1.05% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Oliver LaFarge | 8 | 1.19% | 8.34% | 0.91% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Rafael Sabatini | 8 | 1.19% | 8.34% | 0.91% | 0 | 1 | 1 |