Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Paula McLain
Charting Mar 13, 2011 → May 2, 2021 · 39 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.03%
- week of Sep 13, 2015
- Career Power
- 137
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 91
- March 2011 – February 2012
- Peak Five Years
- 131
- October 2010 – October 2015
- Top-five weeks
- 4
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 39
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Aug 16, 2015
- Comebacks
- 1
- August 2015
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jan 15, 2012 | Aug 16, 2015 | 187 | 177 | 2.63% | 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
4 books · 137 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 Paris Wife | #7 | 31 | 93.2 | ||
| Circling the Sun | #4 | 6 | 38.2 | ||
| When the Stars Go Dark | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| Love and Ruin | #14 | 1 | 2.4 |