Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Sara Gruen
Charting Jun 25, 2006 → May 31, 2015 · 22 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.90%
- week of Sep 24, 2006
- Career Power
- 90
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 45
- October 2005 – September 2006
- Peak Five Years
- 56
- October 2005 – October 2010
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 22
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 7.26%
- week of Apr 19, 2015
- Comebacks
- 1
- April 2015
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Dec 31, 2006 | Apr 26, 2015 | 434 | 235 | 2.90% | 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
3 books · 90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water for Elephants | #7 | 12 | 45.4 | ||
| At the Water's Edge | #6 | 7 | 34.4 | ||
| Ape House | #8 | 3 | 10.3 |