Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Judy Blume
Charting Nov 12, 1978 → Aug 9, 2015 · 56 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.71%
- week of Sep 6, 1998
- Career Power
- 382
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 172
- November 1997 – November 1998
- Peak Five Years
- 172
- November 1993 – November 1998
- Top-five weeks
- 23
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 56
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Mar 4, 1984
- Comebacks
- 3
- February 1984, June 1998, July 2015
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Apr 15, 1979 | Feb 19, 1984 | 253 | 252 | 1.49% | 1.45% |
| After absence | Aug 19, 1984 | Jun 28, 1998 | 723 | 720 | 7.19% | 2.67% |
| After absence | Jan 10, 1999 | Jul 12, 2015 | 858 | 855 | 7.71% | 2.95% |
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
5 books · 382 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Sisters | #2 | 22 | 172.0 | ||
| Smart Women | #2 | 17 | 135.6 | ||
| In the Unlikely Event | #4 | 8 | 47.3 | ||
| Wifey | #10 | 8 | 22.8 | ||
| Smart Woman | #10 | 1 | 4.2 |