Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Rita Mae Brown
Charting May 16, 1982 → Apr 22, 2012 · 19 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.07%
- week of Jun 15, 1986
- Career Power
- 38
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 13
- June 1985 – June 1986
- Peak Five Years
- 25
- June 1981 – June 1986
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 19
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.16%
- week of Jun 26, 1983
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
11 books · 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Hearts | #12 | 5 | 12.6 | ||
| Sudden Death | #12 | 4 | 10.0 | ||
| Catch as Cat Canwith Sneaky Pie Brown | #8 | 1 | 2.8 | ||
| The Tail of the Tip-Offwith Sneaky Pie Brown | #12 | 2 | 2.6 | ||
| Sour Pusswith Sneaky Pie Brown | #9 | 1 | 2.4 | ||
| Southern Discomfort | #15 | 1 | 2.1 | ||
| Whisker of Evilwith Sneaky Pie Brown | #14 | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| Cat of the Centurywith Sneaky Pie Brown | #14 | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| The Big Cat Napwith Sneaky Pie Brown | #14 | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| Claws and Effectwith Sneaky Pie Brown | #15 | 1 | 1.0 | ||
| The Purrfect Murderwith Sneaky Pie Brown | #16 | 1 | 0.9 |