Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Louise Penny
Charting Sep 18, 2011 → May 31, 2026 · 59 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.21%
- week of Nov 14, 2021
- Career Power
- 393
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 12
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 62
- January 2021 – January 2022
- Peak Five Years
- 193
- January 2018 – January 2023
- Top-five weeks
- 22
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 59
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 15.16%
- week of Nov 24, 2024
- Comebacks
- 1
- November 2024
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Apr 16, 2023 | Nov 17, 2024 | 83 | 83 | 3.21% | 1.58% |
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
16 books · 393 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A World of Curiosities | #1 | 6 | 41.7 | ||
| The Madness of Crowds | #1 | 5 | 37.2 | ||
| The Grey Wolf | #1 | 4 | 36.0 | ||
| A Better Man | #1 | 5 | 33.9 | ||
| A Great Reckoning | #1 | 5 | 32.7 | ||
| All the Devils Are Here | #1 | 4 | 31.4 | ||
| Glass Houses | #1 | 3 | 26.0 | ||
| State of Terrorwith Hillary Rodham Clinton | #1 | 9 | 24.7 | ||
| Kingdom of the Blind | #1 | 4 | 24.5 | ||
| How the Light Gets In | #1 | 3 | 21.7 | ||
| The Long Way Home | #1 | 2 | 21.0 | ||
| The Black Wolf | #1 | 2 | 18.2 | ||
| The Beautiful Mystery | #2 | 2 | 16.8 | ||
| The Nature of the Beast | #3 | 2 | 13.4 | ||
| A Trick of the Light | #4 | 2 | 11.7 | ||
| The Last Mandarinwith Mellissa Fung | #9 | 1 | 2.5 |