Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Richard Russo
Charting Jul 1, 2001 → Aug 13, 2023 · 21 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.31%
- week of Sep 13, 2009
- Career Power
- 113
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 44
- October 2008 – October 2009
- Peak Five Years
- 72
- October 2004 – October 2009
- Top-five weeks
- 5
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 21
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Aug 23, 2009
- Comebacks
- 3
- August 2009, May 2016, September 2019
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Feb 3, 2008 | Aug 23, 2009 | 81 | 81 | 2.36% | 1.38% |
| After absence | Dec 27, 2009 | May 29, 2016 | 333 | 332 | 3.31% | 1.22% |
| After absence | Aug 7, 2016 | Sep 1, 2019 | 160 | 158 | 3.31% | 1.40% |
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
6 books · 113 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| That Old Cape Magic | #2 | 7 | 43.8 | ||
| Bridge of Sighs | #6 | 5 | 28.2 | ||
| Everybody's Fool | #7 | 4 | 21.5 | ||
| Chances Are ... | #8 | 3 | 14.5 | ||
| Somebody's Fool | #13 | 1 | 2.8 | ||
| Empire Falls | #14 | 1 | 2.4 |