Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Arundhati Roy

Charting Aug 17, 1997Jul 16, 2017 · 35 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
4.66%
week of Feb 8, 1998
Career Power
160
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
0
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
145
March 1997 – March 1998
Peak Five Years
145
April 1993 – March 1998
Top-five weeks
2
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
35
weeks with chart power
Dominance
8.34%
week of Sep 7, 1997
Comebacks
0
none detected

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

2 books · 160 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
The God of Small Things#531144.7
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness#7415.5