Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Colson Whitehead
Charting Nov 6, 2011 → Aug 9, 2026 · 61 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 8.23%
- week of Feb 19, 2017
- Career Power
- 424
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 5
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 269
- May 2016 – May 2017
- Peak Five Years
- 346
- October 2014 – October 2019
- Top-five weeks
- 29
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 61
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Aug 28, 2016
- Comebacks
- 2
- August 2019, October 2021
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 9, 2017 | Aug 18, 2019 | 110 | 108 | 8.23% | 3.22% |
| After decline | Dec 15, 2019 | Oct 17, 2021 | 96 | 94 | 8.23% | 3.21% |
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
6 books · 424 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 Underground Railroad | #1 | 37 | 269.3 | ||
| The Nickel Boys | #3 | 11 | 76.5 | ||
| Harlem Shuffle | #2 | 8 | 51.9 | ||
| Crook Manifesto | #6 | 3 | 14.1 | ||
| Cool Machine | #4 | 1 | 10.3 | ||
| Zone One | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |