Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Curtis Sittenfeld
Charting Feb 27, 2005 → May 14, 2023 · 23 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.59%
- week of Apr 17, 2005
- Career Power
- 122
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 35
- April 2004 – April 2005
- Peak Five Years
- 66
- October 2003 – October 2008
- Top-five weeks
- 4
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 23
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Sep 21, 2008
- Comebacks
- 3
- September 2008, May 2016, April 2023
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 17, 2005 | Sep 21, 2008 | 165 | 165 | 2.59% | 1.20% |
| After absence | Jan 11, 2009 | May 15, 2016 | 381 | 235 | 2.59% | 1.60% |
| After absence | Aug 14, 2016 | Apr 23, 2023 | 347 | 197 | 2.59% | 1.20% |
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 · 122 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prep | #7 | 8 | 35.4 | ||
| American Wife | #3 | 5 | 30.6 | ||
| Eligible | #5 | 4 | 23.6 | ||
| Romantic Comedy | #3 | 4 | 23.3 | ||
| Rodham | #8 | 1 | 5.5 | ||
| Sisterland | #12 | 1 | 3.2 |