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 1935
Jan 7, 1935 → Dec 30, 1935 · 52 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1Lloyd C. Douglas336
- 2Thomas Wolfe267
- 3Robert Briffault219
- 4James Hilton219
- 5Ellen Glasgow179
- 6Franz Werfel177
- 7Humphrey Cobb168
- 8Edna Ferber156
- 9Thornton Wilder148
- 10Mazo de la Roche143
| # | Author | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lloyd C. Douglas | 336 | 6.46% | 14.91% | 11.43% | 3 | 25 | 31 |
| 2 | Thomas Wolfe | 267 | 5.14% | 14.97% | 9.60% | 7 | 19 | 25 |
| 3 | Robert Briffault | 219 | 4.22% | 14.53% | 11.29% | 9 | 16 | 16 |
| 4 | James Hilton | 219 | 4.20% | 18.04% | 16.49% | 4 | 16 | 17 |
| 5 | Ellen Glasgow | 179 | 3.45% | 14.53% | 8.26% | 2 | 12 | 17 |
| 6 | Franz Werfel | 177 | 3.40% | 15.03% | 10.86% | 1 | 13 | 15 |
| 7 | Humphrey Cobb | 168 | 3.23% | 14.53% | 9.45% | 6 | 12 | 14 |
| 8 | Edna Ferber | 156 | 2.99% | 14.97% | 8.33% | 3 | 12 | 14 |
| 9 | Thornton Wilder | 148 | 2.85% | 15.20% | 9.28% | 3 | 10 | 12 |
| 10 | Mazo de la Roche | 143 | 2.75% | 14.53% | 7.92% | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 11 | Sinclair Lewis | 136 | 2.62% | 14.53% | 9.51% | 6 | 10 | 10 |
| 12 | Rachel Field | 134 | 2.57% | 12.64% | 5.96% | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 13 | Willa Cather | 123 | 2.37% | 14.53% | 7.59% | 4 | 9 | 11 |
| 14 | Enid Bagnold | 120 | 2.31% | 12.64% | 6.52% | 0 | 10 | 13 |
| 15 | A. J. Cronin | 85 | 1.64% | 12.64% | 5.47% | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 16 | Josephine Johnson | 74 | 1.43% | 14.53% | 5.68% | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 17 | Mary Ayer Barnes | 66 | 1.28% | 11.01% | 5.13% | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 18 | Barry Benefield | 62 | 1.20% | 11.01% | 5.28% | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 19 | Pearl S. Buck | 58 | 1.12% | 9.87% | 4.15% | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 20 | John O'Hara | 57 | 1.10% | 11.01% | 4.20% | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 21 | H. L. Davis | 52 | 1.00% | 9.58% | 4.32% | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 22 | James Boyd | 48 | 0.92% | 8.34% | 3.26% | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 23 | E. Phillips Oppenheim | 46 | 0.88% | 11.34% | 3.86% | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 24 | Victoria Lincoln | 45 | 0.86% | 7.56% | 4.41% | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 25 | Mary Ellen Chase | 43 | 0.83% | 9.58% | 3.76% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 26 | Ann Bridge | 42 | 0.81% | 11.01% | 2.68% | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 27 | Stark Young | 40 | 0.78% | 11.39% | 11.76% | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 28 | S. S. Van Dine | 37 | 0.72% | 9.58% | 3.17% | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 29 | MacKinlay Kantor | 37 | 0.71% | 9.58% | 2.62% | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 30 | Alfred Neumann | 36 | 0.69% | 11.34% | 3.29% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 31 | Charles G. Norris | 33 | 0.63% | 7.26% | 2.51% | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Susan Ertz | 32 | 0.61% | 8.56% | 2.90% | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 33 | Bessie Breuer | 27 | 0.52% | 8.60% | 2.47% | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 34 | Robert Nathan | 26 | 0.50% | 9.92% | 2.41% | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 35 | Katherine Brush | 26 | 0.49% | 11.01% | 2.45% | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 36 | Francis Brett Young | 25 | 0.48% | 9.58% | 2.48% | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 37 | Robert Rylee | 25 | 0.48% | 9.58% | 2.47% | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 38 | William McFee | 25 | 0.47% | 11.01% | 2.41% | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 39 | Warwick Deeping | 24 | 0.47% | 9.58% | 1.89% | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 40 | William Faulkner | 23 | 0.43% | 9.84% | 2.01% | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 41 | Robert Graves | 22 | 0.43% | 7.45% | 2.31% | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 42 | Maurice Walsh | 21 | 0.41% | 8.34% | 2.04% | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 43 | Gladys Hasty Carroll | 20 | 0.39% | 8.34% | 1.94% | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 44 | Hugh Walpole | 20 | 0.39% | 8.34% | 1.97% | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 45 | Louis Bromfield | 18 | 0.35% | 6.32% | 1.76% | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 46 | B. S. Aldrich | 17 | 0.33% | 6.32% | 1.26% | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 47 | Thorne Smith | 17 | 0.33% | 8.63% | 1.75% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 48 | Eleanor Carroll Chilton | 13 | 0.25% | 6.49% | 1.25% | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 49 | John Masefield | 11 | 0.21% | 5.50% | 1.14% | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 50 | Laurence Kirk | 11 | 0.21% | 5.50% | 1.14% | 0 | 0 | 2 |