Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Amy Tan
Charting Apr 9, 1989 → Jan 12, 2014 · 95 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
7 crowns
19892014Longest reign 7 weeks (Jul–Aug 1991) · First crown Jul 1991
- Peak Power
- 9.30%
- week of Sep 8, 1991
- Career Power
- 670
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 7
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 255
- January 1989 – January 1990
- Peak Five Years
- 438
- November 1986 – October 1991
- Top-five weeks
- 39
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 95
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Jul 7, 1991
- Comebacks
- 3
- Jul 1991 · Dec 1995 · Mar 2001, after 5 quiet years
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
6 books · 670 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 Joy Luck Club | #3 | 35 | 257.0 | ||
| The Kitchen God's Wife | #1 | 18 | 180.8 | ||
| The Bonesetter's Daughter | #2 | 16 | 98.1 | ||
| The Hundred Secret Senses | #3 | 14 | 84.1 | ||
| The Valley of Amazement | #4 | 7 | 31.8 | ||
| Saving Fish from Drowning | #8 | 5 | 18.0 |
At their peak
1989 in books →Amy Tan's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from January 1989 to January 1990. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Tom Clancy355
- 2Danielle Steel294
- 3Amy Tan255
- 4John le Carré235
- 5Salman Rushdie224
- 6Mary Higgins Clark187
- 7Frederick Forsyth158
- 8Martin Cruz Smith150
- 9Stephen King136
- 10Sidney Sheldon128
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.