Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Dennis Lehane
Charting Feb 18, 2001 → May 14, 2023 · 28 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.15%
- week of Apr 15, 2001
- Career Power
- 128
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 43
- April 2000 – April 2001
- Peak Five Years
- 54
- May 1998 – May 2003
- Top-five weeks
- 2
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 28
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Oct 12, 2008
- Comebacks
- 2
- October 2008, June 2017
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 15, 2001 | Oct 12, 2008 | 375 | 278 | 3.15% | 1.20% |
| After absence | Dec 28, 2008 | Jun 11, 2017 | 439 | 125 | 3.15% | 1.16% |
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
8 books · 128 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mystic River | #6 | 9 | 43.3 | ||
| The Given Day | #3 | 4 | 22.1 | ||
| Since We Fell | #7 | 3 | 12.3 | ||
| World Gone By | #8 | 3 | 11.4 | ||
| Shutter Island | #12 | 4 | 11.1 | ||
| Live by Night | #8 | 2 | 10.3 | ||
| Moonlight Mile | #6 | 2 | 9.4 | ||
| Small Mercies | #5 | 1 | 8.3 |