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Ann Patchett portraitAnn Patchett

Charting Oct 14, 2007Sep 20, 2026 · 106 weeks with chart power

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Author of the Week

  • NYT Hardcover Fiction

    3 crowns

    20072026

    First 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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
Tom Lake#124169.6
Whistler#114162.8
The Dutch House#430155.6
Commonwealth#11899.1
State of Wonder#31589.0
Run#7523.1

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:

  1. 1Rebecca Yarros658
  2. 2Bonnie Garmus513
  3. 3Barbara Kingsolver261
  4. 4Abraham Verghese204
  5. 5Emily Henry200
  6. 6James McBride194
  7. 7Ann Patchett170
  8. 8Gabrielle Zevin160
  9. 9Stephen King151
  10. 10John Grisham149

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.