Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Judith McNaught

Charting Jun 30, 1991 → Feb 19, 2006 · 42 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 4.05%; week of Sep 8, 1991
Career Power: 228; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 69; September 1990 – September 1991
Peak Five Years: 126; October 1989 – September 1994
Top-five weeks: 8; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 42; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 11.01%; week of Mar 9, 2003
Comebacks: 4; May 1993, September 1994, March 2003, January 2006

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Dec 15, 1991	May 16, 1993	74	72	4.05%	1.49%
After decline	Jul 18, 1993	Sep 4, 1994	59	57	4.05%	1.67%
After absence	Nov 27, 1994	Mar 16, 2003	432	218	4.05%	2.27%
After absence	Jun 29, 2003	Jan 22, 2006	133	132	4.05%	1.72%

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

7 books · 228 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
Paradise	#5July 1991	13	June 1991 – September 1991	68.5	68.5
Someone to Watch Over Me	#3March 2003	6	March 2003 – April 2003	46.3	46.3
Every Breath You Take	#5January 2006	6	January 2006 – February 2006	40.6	40.6
Until You	#6August 1994	6	August 1994 – September 1994	31.5	31.5
Perfect	#6May 1993	6	May 1993 – June 1993	25.6	25.6
Remember When	#10December 1996	3	December 1996 – December 1996	11.5	11.5
Night Whispers	#14December 1998	2	December 1998 – December 1998	4.2	4.2