Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Maya Angelou
Charting Mar 26, 1995 → May 28, 2006 · 16 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.50%
- week of Jan 15, 2006
- Career Power
- 75
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 42
- June 2005 – May 2006
- Peak Five Years
- 42
- May 2001 – May 2006
- Top-five weeks
- 3
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 16
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of May 28, 2006
- Comebacks
- 1
- January 2006
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Aug 27, 1995 | Jan 1, 2006 | 538 | 537 | 2.12% | 1.75% |
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 · 75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phenomenal Woman | #7 | 10 | 33.1 | ||
| Amazing Peace | #4 | 4 | 27.9 | ||
| Mother: a Cradle to Hold Me | #3 | 2 | 13.8 |