Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Lisa See

Charting Jul 15, 2007Jun 28, 2026 · 36 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
3.47%
week of Jul 19, 2009
Career Power
167
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
1
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
53
August 2008 – August 2009
Peak Five Years
98
July 2006 – July 2011
Top-five weeks
6
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
36
weeks with chart power
Dominance
14.53%
week of Jun 19, 2011
Comebacks
5
June 2009, June 2011, April 2017, April 2019, July 2023
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After declineNov 11, 2007Jun 14, 200983831.75%1.05%
After declineNov 8, 2009Jun 19, 201184843.47%1.58%
After absenceSep 4, 2011Apr 23, 20172921463.47%1.44%
After declineJun 4, 2017Apr 7, 201996943.47%1.48%
After absenceJun 9, 2019Jul 9, 20232112093.47%1.38%

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

8 books · 167 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
Shanghai Girls#41053.4
Dreams of Joy#1323.9
The Island of Sea Women#8621.7
Peony in Love#6520.7
Lady Tan's Circle of Women#5520.2
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane#6417.5
China Dolls#1026.6
Daughters of the Sun and Moon#1213.2