Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Amy Tan
Charting Apr 9, 1989 → Jan 12, 2014 · 95 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 9.30%
- week of Sep 8, 1991
- Career Power
- 670
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 7
- weeks as the top author
- 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
- July 1991, December 1995, March 2001
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jan 28, 1990 | Jul 14, 1991 | 76 | 62 | 8.47% | 3.95% |
| After absence | Jan 5, 1992 | Dec 3, 1995 | 204 | 200 | 9.30% | 3.67% |
| After absence | Mar 10, 1996 | Mar 25, 2001 | 263 | 261 | 9.30% | 3.37% |
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
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 |