Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Mitch Albom
Charting Oct 12, 2003 → Feb 1, 2026 · 230 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 11.45%
- week of Feb 18, 2007
- Career Power
- 1,872
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 21
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 588
- October 2003 – October 2004
- Peak Five Years
- 1,248
- January 2003 – January 2008
- Top-five weeks
- 125
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 230
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.60%
- week of Oct 28, 2018
- Comebacks
- 5
- October 2006, October 2012, November 2018, December 2021, January 2024
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Sep 18, 2005 | Oct 29, 2006 | 58 | 36 | 11.39% | 4.26% |
| After absence | Aug 5, 2007 | Oct 21, 2012 | 272 | 243 | 11.45% | 4.40% |
| After absence | Apr 27, 2014 | Nov 18, 2018 | 236 | 142 | 11.45% | 4.08% |
| After absence | Feb 24, 2019 | Dec 12, 2021 | 144 | 141 | 11.45% | 4.24% |
| After decline | Apr 24, 2022 | Jan 14, 2024 | 90 | 84 | 11.45% | 4.25% |
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
10 books · 1,872 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 Five People You Meet in Heaven | #1 | 100 | 900.1 | ||
| For One More Day | #1 | 35 | 341.0 | ||
| The Stranger in the Lifeboat | #1 | 18 | 135.6 | ||
| The First Phone Call from Heaven | #1 | 15 | 130.3 | ||
| The Next Person You Meet in Heaven | #1 | 12 | 94.5 | ||
| The Time Keeper | #1 | 15 | 86.4 | ||
| The Little Liar | #4 | 12 | 70.7 | ||
| Twice | #4 | 13 | 57.9 | ||
| The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto | #4 | 9 | 48.1 | ||
| One More Day | #6 | 1 | 7.3 |