Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Anna Quindlen
Charting May 19, 1991 → Mar 15, 2026 · 63 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.76%
- week of Jun 14, 1998
- Career Power
- 402
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 157
- July 1997 – June 1998
- Peak Five Years
- 214
- December 1997 – December 2002
- Top-five weeks
- 26
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 63
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Sep 17, 2006
- Comebacks
- 3
- October 2002, September 2006, March 2014
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Sep 13, 1998 | Oct 20, 2002 | 213 | 211 | 7.76% | 2.93% |
| After absence | Jan 12, 2003 | Sep 24, 2006 | 192 | 191 | 7.76% | 2.79% |
| After absence | Dec 24, 2006 | Mar 2, 2014 | 375 | 194 | 7.76% | 2.94% |
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
11 books · 402 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black and Blue | #2 | 20 | 157.4 | ||
| Rise and Shine | #1 | 7 | 59.4 | ||
| Blessings | #3 | 9 | 56.8 | ||
| Still Life with Bread Crumbs | #3 | 7 | 51.6 | ||
| Miller's Valley | #6 | 4 | 23.3 | ||
| Every Last One | #5 | 4 | 21.2 | ||
| Object Lessons | #12 | 4 | 10.1 | ||
| One True Thing | #13 | 4 | 8.7 | ||
| Alternate Side | #13 | 2 | 5.2 | ||
| More Than Enough | #9 | 1 | 4.9 | ||
| After Annie | #11 | 1 | 3.7 |