Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Garrison Keillor
Charting Mar 28, 1982 → Oct 21, 2007 · 121 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 12.18%
- week of Mar 2, 1986
- Career Power
- 915
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 6
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 511
- August 1985 – July 1986
- Peak Five Years
- 747
- July 1984 – July 1989
- Top-five weeks
- 58
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 121
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Sep 15, 1985
- Comebacks
- 1
- November 1987
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Sep 14, 1986 | Nov 1, 1987 | 59 | 55 | 12.18% | 4.36% |
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
10 books · 915 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Wobegon Days | #1 | 48 | 511.2 | ||
| Leaving Home | #2 | 21 | 174.7 | ||
| We Are Still Married | #5 | 13 | 60.8 | ||
| The Book of Guys | #6 | 9 | 43.5 | ||
| WLT | #7 | 7 | 32.6 | ||
| Wobegon Boy | #9 | 7 | 26.1 | ||
| Pontoon | #3 | 4 | 24.6 | ||
| Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 | #7 | 5 | 24.4 | ||
| Love Me | #11 | 4 | 9.6 | ||
| Happy to Be Here | #12 | 3 | 7.6 |