Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Ernest Cline
Charting Aug 2, 2015 → Feb 28, 2021 · 15 weeks with chart power
- 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
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Nov 22, 2015 | Dec 13, 2020 | 261 | 261 | 2.06% | 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.
| Title | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ready Player Two | #1 | 12 | 100.5 | ||
| Armada | #4 | 3 | 21.6 |