Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Michael Chabon
Charting May 1, 1988 → Jan 15, 2017 · 24 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.62%
- week of Jun 17, 2007
- Career Power
- 106
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 46
- July 2006 – July 2007
- Peak Five Years
- 46
- June 2002 – July 2007
- Top-five weeks
- 4
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 24
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of May 20, 2007
- Comebacks
- 3
- May 2007, October 2012, January 2017
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Aug 28, 1988 | May 20, 2007 | 974 | 663 | 1.31% | 1.38% |
| After absence | Sep 16, 2007 | Oct 7, 2012 | 264 | 263 | 3.62% | 1.50% |
| After absence | Dec 23, 2012 | Jan 8, 2017 | 209 | 205 | 3.62% | 1.31% |
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
5 books · 106 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 Yiddish Policemen’S Union | #2 | 6 | 46.1 | ||
| Telegraph Avenue | #5 | 5 | 25.0 | ||
| Moonglow | #11 | 6 | 16.9 | ||
| The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | #12 | 6 | 16.0 | ||
| The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |