Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Judith Michael

Charting May 30, 1982Feb 27, 2005 · 66 weeks with chart power

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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
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After declineNov 4, 1984Mar 16, 198671691.71%1.28%
After declineJul 20, 1986Apr 3, 198889872.63%1.40%
After declineSep 18, 1988Feb 4, 199072704.73%2.14%
After declineJul 1, 1990Nov 24, 199173695.18%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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
Inheritance#41685.3
A Ruling Passion#21183.4
Private Affairs#8835.4
Sleeping Beauty#7729.1
Possessions#11924.3
Acts of Love#8518.3
Pot of Gold#10515.1
Deceptions#1125.7
A Tangled Web#1225.6
The Real Mother#1312.8