Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
E. Lynn Harris
Charting Mar 10, 1996 → Oct 11, 2009 · 60 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.00%
- week of Sep 9, 2001
- Career Power
- 345
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 74
- August 2000 – July 2001
- Peak Five Years
- 215
- September 1996 – September 2001
- Top-five weeks
- 18
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 60
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Aug 6, 2000
- Comebacks
- 4
- August 1997, April 1999, August 2000, May 2006
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jul 28, 1996 | Aug 17, 1997 | 55 | 53 | 2.91% | 1.17% |
| After decline | Dec 28, 1997 | Apr 18, 1999 | 68 | 66 | 3.73% | 1.54% |
| After decline | Jul 18, 1999 | Aug 6, 2000 | 55 | 55 | 3.73% | 1.38% |
| After absence | Nov 24, 2002 | May 28, 2006 | 182 | 181 | 5.00% | 1.98% |
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
10 books · 345 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any Way the Wind Blows | #2 | 8 | 68.9 | ||
| Not a Day Goes By | #2 | 8 | 61.7 | ||
| If This World Were Mine | #4 | 10 | 52.3 | ||
| And This Too Shall Pass | #6 | 9 | 42.5 | ||
| A Love of My Own | #3 | 7 | 41.1 | ||
| Abide with Me | #6 | 8 | 31.7 | ||
| I Say a Little Prayer | #3 | 4 | 29.3 | ||
| Just Too Good to Be True | #8 | 3 | 10.1 | ||
| Basketball Jones | #11 | 2 | 5.7 | ||
| Mama Dearest | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |