Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Mary Gordon
Charting Jun 25, 1978 → May 19, 1985 · 22 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.83%
- week of May 3, 1981
- Career Power
- 85
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 66
- June 1980 – June 1981
- Peak Five Years
- 76
- March 1976 – June 1981
- Top-five weeks
- 4
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 22
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of Mar 29, 1981
- 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
3 books · 85 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Company of Women | #5 | 14 | 65.8 | ||
| Final Payments | #15 | 5 | 10.4 | ||
| Men and Angels | #12 | 3 | 8.4 |