Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

James McBride

Charting Mar 22, 2020May 19, 2024 · 41 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
8.44%
week of Mar 10, 2024
Career Power
272
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
0
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
257
May 2023 – May 2024
Peak Five Years
272
May 2019 – May 2024
Top-five weeks
19
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
41
weeks with chart power
Dominance
13.16%
week of Dec 31, 2023
Comebacks
1
August 2023
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After absenceOct 4, 2020Aug 27, 20231511511.09%1.20%

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 · 272 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
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store#237257.1
Deacon King Kong#7414.4