Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Ann Patchett
Charting Oct 14, 2007 → Sep 20, 2026 · 106 weeks with chart power
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Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
3 crowns
20072026First crown Oct 2016
- Peak Power
- 8.75%
- week of Sep 13, 2026
- Career Power
- 699
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 3
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 170
- March 2023 – March 2024
- Peak Five Years
- 332
- October 2021 – September 2026
- Top-five weeks
- 37
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 106
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.83%
- week of Jun 21, 2026
- Comebacks
- 5
- Jun 2011 · Oct 2016, after 5 quiet years · Oct 2019 · Aug 2023 · Jun 2026
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
6 books · 699 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Lake | #1 | 24 | 169.6 | ||
| Whistler | #1 | 14 | 162.8 | ||
| The Dutch House | #4 | 30 | 155.6 | ||
| Commonwealth | #1 | 18 | 99.1 | ||
| State of Wonder | #3 | 15 | 89.0 | ||
| Run | #7 | 5 | 23.1 |
At their peak
2023 in books →Ann Patchett's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from March 2023 to March 2024. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Rebecca Yarros658
- 2Bonnie Garmus513
- 3Barbara Kingsolver261
- 4Abraham Verghese204
- 5Emily Henry200
- 6James McBride194
- 7Ann Patchett170
- 8Gabrielle Zevin160
- 9Stephen King151
- 10John Grisham149
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.