Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
LaVyrle Spencer
Charting Mar 26, 1989 → Feb 15, 1998 · 81 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.94%
- week of Mar 31, 1996
- Career Power
- 496
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 94
- April 1990 – March 1991
- Peak Five Years
- 299
- February 1993 – February 1998
- Top-five weeks
- 23
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 81
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Mar 17, 1991
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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 · 496 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| That Camden Summer | #2 | 12 | 88.8 | ||
| Forgiving | #2 | 11 | 81.4 | ||
| Bitter Sweet | #5 | 10 | 55.0 | ||
| Family Blessings | #5 | 9 | 52.7 | ||
| Small Town Girl | #3 | 8 | 52.5 | ||
| Bygones | #4 | 7 | 47.2 | ||
| November of the Heart | #5 | 6 | 41.9 | ||
| Home Song | #6 | 7 | 36.5 | ||
| Then Came Heaven | #7 | 6 | 26.7 | ||
| Morning Glory | #12 | 5 | 13.8 |