Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Anne Tyler

Charting Apr 11, 1982 → Mar 16, 2025 · 178 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 6.66%; week of Nov 13, 1988
Career Power: 1,010; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 209; June 1988 – May 1989
Peak Five Years: 355; June 1984 – May 1989
Top-five weeks: 48; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 178; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 12.64%; week of Oct 2, 1988
Comebacks: 9; September 1985, October 1988, September 1991, May 1995, June 2001, February 2004, June 2006, March 2015, August 2018

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Nov 28, 1982	Sep 29, 1985	148	147	3.02%	1.45%
After absence	Jun 15, 1986	Oct 2, 1988	120	119	4.87%	2.19%
After absence	Jul 16, 1989	Sep 22, 1991	114	112	6.66%	2.96%
After absence	Jan 5, 1992	May 14, 1995	175	173	6.66%	2.89%
After absence	Oct 8, 1995	Jun 10, 2001	296	152	6.66%	2.73%
After absence	Oct 7, 2001	Feb 8, 2004	121	119	6.66%	2.48%
After decline	May 30, 2004	Jun 4, 2006	104	102	6.66%	2.67%
After absence	Aug 6, 2006	Mar 15, 2015	448	180	6.66%	2.81%
After absence	Jul 26, 2015	Aug 19, 2018	158	106	6.66%	2.48%

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

17 books · 1,010 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
Breathing Lessons	#2October 1988	33	September 1988 – May 1989	208.8	208.8
The Accidental Tourist	#4September 1985	29	September 1985 – April 1986	146.1	145.9
Ladder of Years	#3May 1995	16	April 1995 – August 1995	97.2	95.1
A Spool of Blue Thread	#3March 2015	13	March 2015 – May 2015	87.1	87.1
Back When We Were Grownups	#3June 2001	13	May 2001 – August 2001	79.4	79.4
Saint Maybe	#3September 1991	9	September 1991 – November 1991	69.9	69.9
The Amateur Marriage	#4February 2004	12	January 2004 – April 2004	69.8	68.5
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant	#8May 1982	17	April 1982 – September 1982	63.6	63.6
Digging to America	#4May 2006	6	May 2006 – June 2006	39.9	39.9
Clock Dance	#3July 2018	5	July 2018 – August 2018	34.0	34.0
A Patchwork Planet	#7May 1998	6	May 1998 – June 1998	27.2	27.2
French Braid	#4April 2022	4	April 2022 – May 2022	22.7	22.7
Noah’S Compass	#3January 2010	4	January 2010 – February 2010	20.6	20.6
Redhead by the Side of the Road	#4April 2020	4	April 2020 – May 2020	19.9	19.9
The Beginner's Goodbye	#8April 2012	3	April 2012 – May 2012	11.0	11.0
Three Days in June	#9March 2025	3	March 2025 – March 2025	10.9	9.9
Vinegar Girl	#15July 2016	1	July 2016	2.1	2.1