Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Robert James Waller
Charting Aug 16, 1992 → Jul 7, 2002 · 174 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 21.18%
- week of Jan 16, 1994
- Career Power
- 1,913
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 67
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 904
- April 1993 – April 1994
- Peak Five Years
- 1,864
- December 1990 – December 1995
- Top-five weeks
- 106
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 174
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 24.03%
- week of Nov 14, 1993
- 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
5 books · 1,913 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 Bridges of Madison County | #1 | 164 | 1,469.1 | ||
| Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend | #1 | 29 | 249.7 | ||
| Border Music | #2 | 18 | 142.5 | ||
| A Thousand Country Roads | #5 | 9 | 49.1 | ||
| Puerto Vallarta Squeeze | #14 | 1 | 2.4 |