Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Anne Rivers Siddons
Charting Nov 6, 1988 → Jul 27, 2014 · 84 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.61%
- week of Aug 24, 1997
- Career Power
- 391
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 94
- October 1996 – October 1997
- Peak Five Years
- 164
- August 1989 – August 1994
- Top-five weeks
- 14
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 84
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Aug 16, 1992
- Comebacks
- 3
- June 1997, August 2000, September 2005
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Sep 19, 1993 | Jun 29, 1997 | 197 | 148 | 4.38% | 1.99% |
| After decline | Nov 1, 1998 | Aug 20, 2000 | 94 | 92 | 4.61% | 1.86% |
| After absence | Oct 29, 2000 | Sep 4, 2005 | 251 | 181 | 4.61% | 1.62% |
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
13 books · 391 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up Island | #4 | 17 | 93.6 | ||
| Colony | #4 | 12 | 67.9 | ||
| Outer Banks | #5 | 11 | 58.2 | ||
| Low Country | #6 | 9 | 38.6 | ||
| NORA, Nora | #6 | 6 | 30.1 | ||
| Sweetwater Creek | #5 | 5 | 27.3 | ||
| Hill Towns | #11 | 7 | 21.2 | ||
| Downtown | #10 | 5 | 16.3 | ||
| Off Season | #9 | 4 | 15.1 | ||
| Islands | #9 | 3 | 10.6 | ||
| Peachtree Road | #14 | 3 | 6.6 | ||
| Burnt Mountain | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| The Girls of August | #13 | 1 | 2.8 |