Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
R.F. Kuang
Charting Sep 11, 2022 → Jan 18, 2026 · 21 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.65%
- week of Oct 5, 2025
- Career Power
- 135
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 3
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 75
- August 2022 – July 2023
- Peak Five Years
- 135
- January 2021 – January 2026
- Top-five weeks
- 7
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 21
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Sep 11, 2022
- Comebacks
- 1
- September 2025
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Oct 15, 2023 | Sep 14, 2025 | 100 | 91 | 2.46% | 1.75% |
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 · 135 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katabasis | #1 | 6 | 55.5 | ||
| Babel | #1 | 7 | 44.9 | ||
| Yellowface | #5 | 7 | 30.5 | ||
| The Dragon Republic | #10 | 1 | 4.2 |