Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Neal Stephenson
Charting May 23, 1999 → Jul 7, 2019 · 23 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.53%
- week of Jun 28, 2015
- Career Power
- 119
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 29
- July 2014 – June 2015
- Peak Five Years
- 51
- October 2003 – October 2008
- Top-five weeks
- 6
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 23
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Sep 28, 2008
- Comebacks
- 4
- September 2008, October 2011, June 2015, June 2019
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Feb 1, 2004 | Sep 28, 2008 | 241 | 204 | 1.74% | 1.58% |
| After absence | Jan 11, 2009 | Oct 9, 2011 | 143 | 143 | 2.10% | 1.05% |
| After absence | Dec 11, 2011 | Jun 7, 2015 | 182 | 182 | 2.10% | 1.20% |
| After decline | Sep 27, 2015 | Jun 23, 2019 | 194 | 102 | 2.53% | 1.05% |
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
9 books · 119 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seveneves | #3 | 4 | 28.8 | ||
| Anathem | #1 | 4 | 24.9 | ||
| Quicksilver | #6 | 4 | 19.8 | ||
| Fall | #4 | 3 | 14.4 | ||
| Reamde | #4 | 2 | 12.7 | ||
| Cryptonomicon | #12 | 3 | 7.3 | ||
| The System of the World | #9 | 1 | 4.9 | ||
| The Confusion | #10 | 1 | 4.3 | ||
| The Rise and Fall of D. O. D. O.with Nicole Galland | #11 | 1 | 1.8 |