Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Alexander McCall Smith
Charting May 18, 2003 → Nov 10, 2019 · 68 weeks with chart power
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- Peak Power
- 4.04%
- week of Jun 11, 2006
- Career Power
- 358
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 64
- May 2006 – May 2007
- Peak Five Years
- 220
- October 2004 – October 2009
- Top-five weeks
- 14
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 68
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of May 7, 2006
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
24 books · 358 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Shoes & Happiness | #2 | 6 | 51.0 | ||
| Tea Time for the Traditionally Built | #2 | 6 | 40.8 | ||
| The Good Husband of Zebra Drive | #4 | 6 | 35.4 | ||
| In the Company of Cheerful Ladies | #6 | 7 | 33.1 | ||
| The Miracle at Speedy Motors | #3 | 4 | 31.7 | ||
| The Double Comfort Safari Club | #3 | 4 | 23.1 | ||
| The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection | #4 | 5 | 23.0 | ||
| The Full Cupboard of Life | #7 | 5 | 22.2 | ||
| The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party | #3 | 3 | 18.2 | ||
| The Sunday Philosophy Club | #11 | 5 | 14.4 | ||
| The Handsome Man's de Luxe CafÉ | #6 | 3 | 12.5 | ||
| The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon | #5 | 1 | 8.3 | ||
| The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine | #7 | 1 | 6.3 | ||
| Precious and Grace | #7 | 1 | 6.3 | ||
| Friends, Lovers, Chocolate | #11 | 2 | 5.7 | ||
| The House of Unexpected Sisters | #8 | 1 | 5.5 | ||
| The Right Attitude to Rain | #11 | 1 | 3.6 | ||
| The Colors of All the Cattle | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| To the Land of Long Lost Friends | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| The Lost Art of Gratitude | #13 | 1 | 2.8 | ||
| The Department of Sensitive Crimes | #14 | 1 | 2.4 | ||
| The Kalahari Typing School for Men | #15 | 1 | 2.1 | ||
| The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday | #16 | 1 | 1.8 | ||
| The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |
At their peak
2006 in books →Alexander McCall Smith's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from May 2006 to May 2007. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1James Patterson331
- 2Mitch Albom281
- 3Janet Evanovich223
- 4Danielle Steel138
- 5Mary Higgins Clark128
- 6Dean Koontz120
- 7Nora Roberts105
- 8Nicholas Sparks99
- 9Jodi Picoult94
- 10Michael Crichton83
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.