Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Peter Mayle
Charting Nov 21, 1993 → Jul 4, 2004 · 27 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.22%
- week of May 21, 1995
- Career Power
- 107
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 46
- June 1994 – June 1995
- Peak Five Years
- 99
- September 1992 – September 1997
- Top-five weeks
- 2
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 27
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.51%
- week of Apr 16, 1995
- Comebacks
- 1
- July 1997
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Aug 27, 1995 | Jul 13, 1997 | 98 | 49 | 3.22% | 1.51% |
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 · 107 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Dog's Life | #5 | 9 | 46.3 | ||
| Chasing Cezanne | #6 | 12 | 45.9 | ||
| A Good Year | #13 | 3 | 7.5 | ||
| Hotel Pastis | #14 | 2 | 4.7 | ||
| Anything Considered | #14 | 1 | 2.5 |