Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Patrick Rothfuss
Charting Mar 20, 2011 → Dec 3, 2023 · 8 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.24%
- week of Apr 3, 2011
- Career Power
- 69
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 34
- April 2010 – April 2011
- Peak Five Years
- 61
- December 2009 – December 2014
- Top-five weeks
- 6
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 8
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Mar 20, 2011
- Comebacks
- 1
- November 2014
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 3, 2011 | Nov 16, 2014 | 176 | 176 | 3.24% | 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 · 69 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 Wise Man’S Fear | #1 | 3 | 33.9 | ||
| The Slow Regard of Silent Things | #2 | 4 | 27.6 | ||
| The Narrow Road Between Desires | #6 | 1 | 7.6 |