Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Maeve Binchy
Charting Jan 27, 1991 → Mar 27, 2016 · 114 weeks with chart power
Honours
NYT Hardcover Fiction
- ChartReign #1
- 1 weekFirst: Mar 3, 2013
- Peak Power
- 4.98%
- week of Apr 7, 2013
- Career Power
- 667
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 152
- December 1998 – December 1999
- Peak Five Years
- 281
- June 1996 – May 2001
- Top-five weeks
- 35
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 114
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Mar 3, 2013
- Comebacks
- 10
- March 1995, March 1997, March 1999, April 2001, December 2002, October 2004, April 2007, March 2009, April 2011, March 2013
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 7, 1991 | Mar 26, 1995 | 194 | 192 | 3.37% | 1.30% |
| After decline | Aug 13, 1995 | Mar 16, 1997 | 83 | 70 | 3.65% | 1.91% |
| After decline | Aug 3, 1997 | Mar 28, 1999 | 86 | 85 | 4.01% | 2.01% |
| After decline | Mar 5, 2000 | Apr 1, 2001 | 56 | 55 | 4.86% | 2.12% |
| After decline | Jul 29, 2001 | Dec 1, 2002 | 69 | 67 | 4.86% | 1.79% |
| After decline | Feb 2, 2003 | Oct 24, 2004 | 90 | 88 | 4.86% | 1.86% |
| After absence | Dec 5, 2004 | Apr 1, 2007 | 119 | 118 | 4.86% | 2.27% |
| After decline | Jul 22, 2007 | Mar 15, 2009 | 86 | 85 | 4.86% | 1.76% |
| After decline | Jun 7, 2009 | Apr 3, 2011 | 95 | 93 | 4.86% | 1.97% |
| After decline | May 8, 2011 | Mar 10, 2013 | 96 | 95 | 4.86% | 2.80% |
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
14 books · 667 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tara Road | #3 | 23 | 152.5 | ||
| A Week in Winter | #1 | 9 | 73.6 | ||
| Scarlet Feather | #3 | 9 | 60.1 | ||
| Evening Class | #5 | 12 | 59.8 | ||
| Circle of Friends | #6 | 12 | 55.6 | ||
| Whitethorn Woods | #2 | 8 | 55.2 | ||
| The Glass Lake | #5 | 11 | 55.1 | ||
| Heart and Soul | #3 | 6 | 37.5 | ||
| Quentins | #5 | 6 | 30.3 | ||
| Chestnut Street | #3 | 5 | 30.0 | ||
| Nights of Rain and Stars | #4 | 4 | 22.7 | ||
| Minding Frankie | #4 | 3 | 20.7 | ||
| This Year It Will Be Different | #14 | 4 | 9.0 | ||
| A Few of the Girls | #12 | 2 | 5.3 |