Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Harper Lee

Charting Aug 7, 1960Apr 10, 2016 · 131 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
12.26%
week of Oct 8, 1961
Career Power
1,152
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
6
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
584
February 1961 – February 1962
Peak Five Years
929
June 1957 – June 1962
Top-five weeks
87
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
131
weeks with chart power
Dominance
14.53%
week of Aug 2, 2015
Comebacks
1
August 2015
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After absenceJul 22, 1962Aug 23, 20152750274712.26%5.38%

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 · 1,152 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
To Kill a Mockingbird#298929.2
Go Set a Watchman#133222.8