Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Rosamunde Pilcher
Charting Feb 21, 1988 → Oct 29, 2000 · 110 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 8.42%
- week of Jun 17, 1990
- Career Power
- 684
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 7
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 228
- October 1989 – October 1990
- Peak Five Years
- 472
- November 1986 – October 1991
- Top-five weeks
- 32
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 110
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Apr 22, 1990
- Comebacks
- 3
- April 1990, September 1995, August 2000
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Mar 19, 1989 | Apr 22, 1990 | 57 | 57 | 4.40% | 1.59% |
| After absence | Dec 1, 1991 | Sep 24, 1995 | 199 | 197 | 8.42% | 3.56% |
| After absence | Feb 18, 1996 | Aug 27, 2000 | 236 | 235 | 8.42% | 3.00% |
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 · 684 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September | #1 | 26 | 227.8 | ||
| The Shell Seekers | #6 | 47 | 196.2 | ||
| Coming Home | #2 | 18 | 116.5 | ||
| Winter Solstice | #1 | 11 | 95.5 | ||
| Flowers in the Rain | #4 | 8 | 47.7 |