Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Cynthia Freeman
Charting Dec 23, 1979 → May 27, 1990 · 106 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.73%
- week of Mar 15, 1981
- Career Power
- 615
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 264
- March 1980 – February 1981
- Peak Five Years
- 493
- February 1980 – January 1985
- Top-five weeks
- 35
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 106
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Dec 7, 1980
- Comebacks
- 2
- February 1985, April 1986
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | May 23, 1982 | Feb 3, 1985 | 141 | 132 | 7.73% | 3.02% |
| After decline | Apr 14, 1985 | Apr 27, 1986 | 54 | 50 | 7.73% | 2.74% |
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 · 615 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Come Pour the Wine | #3 | 27 | 186.7 | ||
| Portraits | #4 | 27 | 162.9 | ||
| No Time for Tears | #3 | 19 | 123.8 | ||
| Illusions of Love | #6 | 15 | 59.6 | ||
| Seasons of the Heart | #5 | 9 | 46.3 | ||
| The Last Princess | #7 | 8 | 33.8 | ||
| Always and Forever | #14 | 1 | 2.4 |