Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Chuck Palahniuk
Charting Jun 10, 2001 → May 20, 2018 · 36 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.47%
- week of Jun 14, 2009
- Career Power
- 183
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 35
- June 2008 – May 2009
- Peak Five Years
- 98
- June 2004 – June 2009
- Top-five weeks
- 7
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 36
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of May 24, 2009
- Comebacks
- 4
- May 2005, May 2007, November 2011, November 2014
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Dec 28, 2003 | May 29, 2005 | 73 | 72 | 1.88% | 1.01% |
| After decline | Sep 25, 2005 | May 27, 2007 | 86 | 85 | 2.07% | 1.50% |
| After decline | Sep 6, 2009 | Nov 13, 2011 | 114 | 75 | 2.47% | 1.23% |
| After decline | Dec 25, 2011 | Nov 16, 2014 | 151 | 96 | 2.47% | 1.01% |
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 · 183 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pygmy | #3 | 4 | 28.0 | ||
| Rant | #5 | 5 | 27.7 | ||
| Haunted | #8 | 6 | 25.6 | ||
| Diary | #5 | 4 | 21.2 | ||
| Snuff | #5 | 3 | 16.7 | ||
| Lullaby | #7 | 3 | 12.6 | ||
| Damned | #6 | 2 | 12.1 | ||
| Beautiful You | #5 | 2 | 10.2 | ||
| Choke | #10 | 3 | 9.0 | ||
| Adjustment Day | #7 | 1 | 6.3 | ||
| Make Something Up | #8 | 1 | 5.5 | ||
| Tell-All | #10 | 1 | 4.2 | ||
| Doomed | #11 | 1 | 3.6 |