Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Fredrik Backman

Charting May 14, 2017Oct 5, 2025 · 51 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
5.75%
week of Sep 14, 2025
Career Power
264
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
1
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
123
October 2024 – October 2025
Peak Five Years
234
September 2020 – September 2025
Top-five weeks
7
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
51
weeks with chart power
Dominance
14.53%
week of Sep 27, 2020
Comebacks
3
September 2020, October 2022, June 2025
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After absenceAug 13, 2017Sep 27, 20201611151.27%1.58%
After declineJun 6, 2021Oct 23, 202272713.71%1.50%
After absenceDec 18, 2022Jun 1, 20251281273.71%1.87%

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

5 books · 264 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 Friends#320123.2
Anxious People#124102.8
The Winners#5420.4
Beartown#5212.6
Us Against You#914.8