Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Meg Wolitzer
Charting Apr 20, 2008 → May 20, 2018 · 10 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.10%
- week of May 13, 2018
- Career Power
- 52
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 37
- May 2017 – May 2018
- Peak Five Years
- 40
- May 2013 – May 2018
- Top-five weeks
- 2
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 10
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Apr 22, 2018
- Comebacks
- 1
- April 2018
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Aug 11, 2013 | Apr 22, 2018 | 243 | 243 | 1.20% | 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
3 books · 52 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 Female Persuasion | #2 | 5 | 36.7 | ||
| The Interestings | #11 | 4 | 13.2 | ||
| The Ten-Year Nap | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |