Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Geraldine Brooks
Charting Jan 20, 2008 → Feb 19, 2023 · 25 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.35%
- week of Mar 2, 2008
- Career Power
- 129
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 64
- March 2007 – March 2008
- Peak Five Years
- 87
- June 2006 – June 2011
- Top-five weeks
- 4
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 25
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Feb 3, 2008
- Comebacks
- 2
- June 2011, July 2022
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jun 8, 2008 | Jun 5, 2011 | 156 | 154 | 4.35% | 1.63% |
| After absence | Jul 31, 2011 | Jul 10, 2022 | 567 | 345 | 4.35% | 1.60% |
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
4 books · 129 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People of the Book | #2 | 9 | 63.6 | ||
| Horse | #3 | 10 | 39.4 | ||
| Caleb's Crossing | #7 | 5 | 22.9 | ||
| The Secret Chord | #12 | 1 | 3.2 |