Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Alice McDermott
Charting May 17, 1992 → Nov 19, 2023 · 10 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.16%
- week of Jan 31, 1999
- Career Power
- 40
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 25
- February 1998 – January 1999
- Peak Five Years
- 25
- February 1994 – January 1999
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 10
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of Jan 24, 1999
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions (config version 4, Sep 22, 2026). How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
5 books · 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charming Billy | #5 | 6 | 25.2 | ||
| Someone | #9 | 1 | 4.8 | ||
| Absolution | #10 | 1 | 4.2 | ||
| At Weddings and Wakes | #11 | 1 | 3.6 | ||
| After This | #14 | 1 | 2.4 |