Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Elizabeth Strout

Charting Mar 14, 1999May 31, 2026 · 48 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
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
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After absenceAug 18, 2013Jan 31, 20161271273.47%1.58%
After absenceJul 9, 2017Dec 15, 20191251214.83%1.81%
After declineMar 22, 2020Oct 13, 20242381014.83%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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
My Name Is Lucy Barton#11073.5
The Burgess Boys#3644.6
Olive, Again#71242.3
Tell Me Everything#3627.8
Anything Is Possible#4522.5
Lucy by the Sea#5210.7
Oh William!#8310.0
The Things We Never Say#728.9
Amy and Isabelle#928.0