Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Donna Tartt

Charting Sep 20, 1992Feb 1, 2015 · 74 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
10.89%
week of Jun 15, 2014
Career Power
589
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
5
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
483
November 2013 – November 2014
Peak Five Years
503
February 2010 – February 2015
Top-five weeks
43
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
74
weeks with chart power
Dominance
14.63%
week of Feb 9, 2014
Comebacks
1
November 2013
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After absenceFeb 7, 1993Nov 17, 201310815675.08%2.43%

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

3 books · 589 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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
The Goldfinch#160502.8
The Secret History#3968.7
The Little Friend#8517.9