Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Helen Fielding
Charting Jun 21, 1998 → Nov 10, 2013 · 31 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.50%
- week of Sep 6, 1998
- Career Power
- 170
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 107
- October 1997 – October 1998
- Peak Five Years
- 145
- May 1995 – May 2000
- Top-five weeks
- 8
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 31
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Jun 28, 1998
- Comebacks
- 1
- April 2000
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Dec 27, 1998 | Apr 9, 2000 | 67 | 64 | 5.50% | 2.37% |
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 · 170 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridget Jones's Diary | #3 | 17 | 107.1 | ||
| BRIDGET JONES: The Edge of Reason | #7 | 8 | 38.4 | ||
| Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination | #10 | 4 | 13.7 | ||
| Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | #7 | 2 | 11.1 |