Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Barbara Kingsolver

Charting Jun 27, 1993 → Mar 17, 2024 · 160 weeks with chart power

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Peak Power
6.89%
week of Mar 12, 2023
Career Power
898
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
0
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
327
November 2022 – October 2023
Peak Five Years
396
March 2019 – March 2024
Top-five weeks
34
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
160
weeks with chart power
Dominance
12.64%
week of Jan 17, 1999
Comebacks
6
November 1998, November 2000, December 2009, December 2012, November 2018, November 2022
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After absenceJan 9, 1994Nov 8, 19982522514.10%1.62%
After declineJul 18, 1999Nov 19, 200070686.60%2.49%
After absenceMay 27, 2001Dec 20, 20094444406.60%2.42%
After absenceFeb 14, 2010Dec 16, 20121481456.60%2.43%
After absenceFeb 17, 2013Nov 18, 20182982966.60%2.79%
After absenceJan 20, 2019Nov 20, 20221981966.60%2.32%

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

7 books · 898 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
Demon Copperhead#270396.4
The Poisonwood Bible#229177.7
Prodigal Summer#322121.8
Pigs in Heaven#61782.2
The Lacuna#5840.6
Unsheltered#3640.2
Flight Behavior#3839.7