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 1932
Jan 4, 1932 → Dec 26, 1932 · 52 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1Charles Morgan245
- 2Pearl S. Buck202
- 3Booth Tarkington127
- 4John Galsworthy125
- 5Louis Golding94
- 6Ellen Glasgow94
- 7W. Someset Maugham74
- 8Julia Peterkin60
- 9Phyllis Bentley55
- 10William McFee54
| # | Author | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Morgan | 245 | 4.71% | 14.53% | 11.20% | 10 | 18 | 18 |
| 2 | Pearl S. Buck | 202 | 3.88% | 14.53% | 8.01% | 9 | 15 | 15 |
| 3 | Booth Tarkington | 127 | 2.44% | 14.53% | 9.10% | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | John Galsworthy | 125 | 2.41% | 14.53% | 8.82% | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| 5 | Louis Golding | 94 | 1.81% | 14.53% | 6.84% | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| 6 | Ellen Glasgow | 94 | 1.81% | 14.53% | 7.40% | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | W. Someset Maugham | 74 | 1.43% | 12.64% | 6.20% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Julia Peterkin | 60 | 1.16% | 14.53% | 4.82% | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 9 | Phyllis Bentley | 55 | 1.06% | 11.01% | 4.30% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 10 | William McFee | 54 | 1.04% | 14.53% | 4.99% | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | Francis Brett Young | 53 | 1.01% | 14.53% | 4.83% | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | Louis Bromfield | 51 | 0.98% | 14.53% | 4.65% | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | J. B. Priestley | 49 | 0.95% | 14.53% | 3.97% | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | Thorne Smith | 46 | 0.88% | 12.64% | 3.81% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 15 | Faith Baldwin | 38 | 0.73% | 14.53% | 3.71% | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Rosamond Lehmann | 38 | 0.73% | 14.53% | 3.45% | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Mary Roberts Rinehart | 36 | 0.70% | 12.64% | 3.56% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | T. S. Stribling | 36 | 0.70% | 12.64% | 3.56% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | Tiffany Thayer | 36 | 0.70% | 12.64% | 3.22% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | Anne Parrish | 35 | 0.67% | 12.64% | 2.92% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | Margaret Ayer Barnes | 35 | 0.67% | 12.64% | 3.94% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | Rafael Sabatini | 35 | 0.67% | 12.64% | 3.15% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | Willa Cather | 35 | 0.67% | 12.64% | 3.26% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 24 | Robert Herrick | 26 | 0.49% | 14.53% | 2.54% | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | A. Hamilton Gibbs | 25 | 0.49% | 12.64% | 2.61% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | Alice Grant Rosman | 24 | 0.46% | 12.64% | 2.33% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | Aldous Huxley | 22 | 0.42% | 11.01% | 1.74% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | Kathleen Norris | 22 | 0.42% | 11.01% | 1.41% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | Warwick Deeping | 22 | 0.42% | 11.01% | 2.28% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | Manuel Komroff | 15 | 0.28% | 14.53% | 1.58% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Mazo de la Roche | 15 | 0.28% | 14.53% | 1.60% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | A. J. Cronin | 13 | 0.24% | 12.64% | 1.38% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | E. Phillips Oppenheim | 13 | 0.24% | 12.64% | 1.38% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | G. B. Stern | 13 | 0.24% | 12.64% | 1.38% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | John Dos Passos | 13 | 0.24% | 12.64% | 1.38% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | Clemence Dane | 11 | 0.21% | 11.01% | 1.20% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Helen Hull | 11 | 0.21% | 11.01% | 1.20% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Hugh Walpole | 11 | 0.21% | 11.01% | 1.20% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Joseph C. Lincoln | 11 | 0.21% | 11.01% | 1.20% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Lady Eleanor Smith | 11 | 0.21% | 11.01% | 1.20% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 41 | Lion Feuchtwanger | 11 | 0.21% | 11.01% | 1.20% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Lloyd C. Douglas | 11 | 0.21% | 11.01% | 1.20% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 43 | Temple Bailey | 11 | 0.21% | 11.01% | 1.20% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | Vicki Baum | 11 | 0.21% | 11.01% | 1.20% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | Charles Nordhoff | 6 | 0.12% | 6.32% | 0.69% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | James N. Hall | 6 | 0.12% | 6.32% | 0.69% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | A. A. Milne | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 3.10% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Clemance Dane | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 2.69% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Edna Ferber | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.38% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Henri Fauconnier | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.85% | 0 | 0 | 0 |