Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Alice Walker
Charting May 8, 1983 → Oct 25, 1998 · 41 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.32%
- week of Aug 30, 1992
- Career Power
- 220
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 114
- October 1988 – September 1989
- Peak Five Years
- 203
- October 1987 – September 1992
- Top-five weeks
- 9
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 41
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Jun 4, 1989
- Comebacks
- 1
- July 1992
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Dec 3, 1989 | Jul 19, 1992 | 137 | 133 | 5.12% | 2.30% |
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
4 books · 220 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Temple of My Familiar | #3 | 21 | 114.4 | ||
| Possessing the Secret of Joy | #4 | 15 | 88.2 | ||
| By the Light of My Father's Smile | #9 | 2 | 9.0 | ||
| The Color Purple | #10 | 3 | 8.3 |