Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Barbara Delinsky

Charting Aug 9, 1998 → Jul 7, 2013 · 40 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 3.24%; week of Sep 16, 2001
Career Power: 162; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 52; August 2001 – August 2002
Peak Five Years: 129; July 1998 – July 2003
Top-five weeks: 6; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 40; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 9.58%; week of Aug 19, 2001
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

14 books · 162 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
The Woman Next Door	#4August 2001	6	August 2001 – September 2001	40.5	40.5
Lake News	#8July 1999	6	July 1999 – August 1999	20.9	20.2
The Vineyard	#8July 2000	5	June 2000 – July 2000	20.4	19.2
Flirting with Pete	#4July 2003	3	June 2003 – July 2003	19.6	19.6
Coast Road	#13August 1998	5	August 1998 – September 1998	12.7	12.7
Family Tree	#12February 2007	5	February 2007 – March 2007	12.3	12.2
An Accidental Woman	#6August 2002	2	August 2002 – August 2002	11.4	11.4
The Summer I Dared	#8May 2004	1	May 2004	5.7	5.5
The Secret Between Us	#12February 2008	2	February 2008 – February 2008	5.3	5.3
Escape	#11July 2011	1	July 2011	3.6	3.6
COMMITMENTs	#12March 2001	1	March 2001	3.2	3.2
While My Sister Sleeps	#14March 2009	1	March 2009	2.4	2.4
Sweet Salt Air	#15July 2013	1	July 2013	2.1	2.1
Not My Daughter	#16January 2010	1	January 2010	1.8	1.8