Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Cormac McCarthy
Charting Jun 7, 1992 → Dec 25, 2022 · 57 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.91%
- week of Jul 31, 1994
- Career Power
- 272
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 82
- September 1993 – September 1994
- Peak Five Years
- 148
- September 1989 – September 1994
- Top-five weeks
- 10
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 57
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Jun 21, 1998
- Comebacks
- 4
- June 1998, August 2005, October 2006, December 2022
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Nov 27, 1994 | Jun 14, 1998 | 185 | 183 | 4.90% | 2.14% |
| After absence | Sep 13, 1998 | Aug 28, 2005 | 361 | 358 | 4.90% | 1.91% |
| After decline | Oct 16, 2005 | Oct 29, 2006 | 54 | 52 | 4.90% | 2.14% |
| After absence | Dec 31, 2006 | Dec 4, 2022 | 827 | 820 | 4.90% | 1.73% |
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 · 272 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 Crossing | #3 | 12 | 82.4 | ||
| All the Pretty Horses | #9 | 22 | 65.9 | ||
| Cities of the Plain | #2 | 7 | 42.8 | ||
| The Road | #4 | 6 | 29.6 | ||
| No Country for Old Men | #8 | 5 | 25.4 | ||
| The Passenger | #3 | 4 | 20.2 | ||
| Stella Maris | #8 | 1 | 5.5 |