Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Ernest Cline

Charting Aug 2, 2015Feb 28, 2021 · 15 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
6.38%
week of Jan 17, 2021
Career Power
122
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
3
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
100
March 2020 – February 2021
Peak Five Years
100
February 2016 – February 2021
Top-five weeks
7
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
15
weeks with chart power
Dominance
14.53%
week of Dec 13, 2020
Comebacks
1
December 2020
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After absenceNov 22, 2015Dec 13, 20202612612.06%1.58%

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

2 books · 122 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
Ready Player Two#112100.5
Armada#4321.6