Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Gail Godwin
Charting Feb 28, 1982 → Apr 18, 1999 · 39 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.49%
- week of Apr 7, 1985
- Career Power
- 156
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 66
- July 1981 – July 1982
- Peak Five Years
- 121
- May 1980 – May 1985
- Top-five weeks
- 2
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 39
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of Mar 10, 1985
- Comebacks
- 2
- March 1985, November 1987
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Sep 19, 1982 | Mar 3, 1985 | 128 | 126 | 3.25% | 1.43% |
| After absence | Jul 21, 1985 | Nov 1, 1987 | 119 | 117 | 3.49% | 1.24% |
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 · 156 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Mother and Two Daughters | #8 | 18 | 66.4 | ||
| The Finishing School | #5 | 11 | 54.2 | ||
| A Southern Family | #7 | 8 | 30.6 | ||
| Father Melancholy's Daughter | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| Evensong | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |