Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Elizabeth Strout
Charting Mar 14, 1999 → May 31, 2026 · 48 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.83%
- week of Mar 20, 2016
- Career Power
- 248
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 74
- April 2015 – April 2016
- Peak Five Years
- 141
- June 2012 – June 2017
- Top-five weeks
- 10
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 48
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Jan 31, 2016
- Comebacks
- 3
- January 2016, December 2019, October 2024
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Aug 18, 2013 | Jan 31, 2016 | 127 | 127 | 3.47% | 1.58% |
| After absence | Jul 9, 2017 | Dec 15, 2019 | 125 | 121 | 4.83% | 1.81% |
| After decline | Mar 22, 2020 | Oct 13, 2024 | 238 | 101 | 4.83% | 1.90% |
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
9 books · 248 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Name Is Lucy Barton | #1 | 10 | 73.5 | ||
| The Burgess Boys | #3 | 6 | 44.6 | ||
| Olive, Again | #7 | 12 | 42.3 | ||
| Tell Me Everything | #3 | 6 | 27.8 | ||
| Anything Is Possible | #4 | 5 | 22.5 | ||
| Lucy by the Sea | #5 | 2 | 10.7 | ||
| Oh William! | #8 | 3 | 10.0 | ||
| The Things We Never Say | #7 | 2 | 8.9 | ||
| Amy and Isabelle | #9 | 2 | 8.0 |