Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Jonathan Franzen
Charting Sep 23, 2001 → Nov 7, 2021 · 55 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 8.02%
- week of Jan 27, 2002
- Career Power
- 402
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 5
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 227
- April 2001 – April 2002
- Peak Five Years
- 227
- April 1997 – April 2002
- Top-five weeks
- 26
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 55
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Oct 14, 2001
- Comebacks
- 1
- September 2010
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jun 16, 2002 | Sep 26, 2010 | 429 | 428 | 8.02% | 3.00% |
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 · 402 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Corrections | #1 | 29 | 226.8 | ||
| Freedom | #1 | 19 | 141.6 | ||
| Purity | #6 | 4 | 18.1 | ||
| Crossroads | #4 | 3 | 15.5 |