Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Rona Jaffe
Charting Sep 21, 1958 → Oct 13, 1985 · 50 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.43%
- week of Sep 30, 1979
- Career Power
- 239
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 112
- November 1978 – November 1979
- Peak Five Years
- 115
- October 1955 – October 1960
- Top-five weeks
- 2
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 50
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Sep 9, 1979
- Comebacks
- 1
- July 1979
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Apr 26, 1959 | Jul 15, 1979 | 1038 | 955 | 5.15% | 1.81% |
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 · 239 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class Reunion | #4 | 21 | 112.1 | ||
| The Best of Everything | #6 | 20 | 103.5 | ||
| Away from Home | #13 | 5 | 11.8 | ||
| After the Reunion | #11 | 4 | 11.6 |