Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Jimmy Buffett
Charting Oct 22, 1989 → Jun 8, 2008 · 39 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.36%
- week of Jan 21, 1990
- Career Power
- 191
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 111
- May 1989 – April 1990
- Peak Five Years
- 111
- May 1985 – April 1990
- Top-five weeks
- 6
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 39
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Dec 19, 2004
- Comebacks
- 1
- December 2004
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 1, 1990 | Dec 26, 2004 | 755 | 754 | 4.36% | 2.12% |
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
3 books · 191 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tales from Margaritaville | #4 | 26 | 110.7 | ||
| A Salty Piece of Land | #3 | 11 | 67.1 | ||
| Swine Not? | #6 | 2 | 12.8 |