Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Judith Michael
Charting May 30, 1982 → Feb 27, 2005 · 66 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.18%
- week of Apr 1, 1990
- Career Power
- 305
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 85
- July 1987 – July 1988
- Peak Five Years
- 204
- April 1985 – April 1990
- Top-five weeks
- 7
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 66
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Feb 11, 1990
- Comebacks
- 4
- March 1986, April 1988, February 1990, November 1991
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Nov 4, 1984 | Mar 16, 1986 | 71 | 69 | 1.71% | 1.28% |
| After decline | Jul 20, 1986 | Apr 3, 1988 | 89 | 87 | 2.63% | 1.40% |
| After decline | Sep 18, 1988 | Feb 4, 1990 | 72 | 70 | 4.73% | 2.14% |
| After decline | Jul 1, 1990 | Nov 24, 1991 | 73 | 69 | 5.18% | 2.06% |
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
10 books · 305 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inheritance | #4 | 16 | 85.3 | ||
| A Ruling Passion | #2 | 11 | 83.4 | ||
| Private Affairs | #8 | 8 | 35.4 | ||
| Sleeping Beauty | #7 | 7 | 29.1 | ||
| Possessions | #11 | 9 | 24.3 | ||
| Acts of Love | #8 | 5 | 18.3 | ||
| Pot of Gold | #10 | 5 | 15.1 | ||
| Deceptions | #11 | 2 | 5.7 | ||
| A Tangled Web | #12 | 2 | 5.6 | ||
| The Real Mother | #13 | 1 | 2.8 |