Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Sara Paretsky
Charting Apr 8, 1990 → May 7, 2017 · 30 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.78%
- week of Mar 22, 1992
- Career Power
- 91
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 23
- April 1991 – April 1992
- Peak Five Years
- 36
- July 1989 – June 1994
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 30
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 5.50%
- week of Mar 8, 1992
- Comebacks
- 2
- October 1999, October 2001
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jun 28, 1992 | Oct 24, 1999 | 382 | 274 | 1.78% | 1.08% |
| After decline | Dec 19, 1999 | Oct 14, 2001 | 95 | 92 | 1.78% | 1.02% |
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 · 91 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guardian Angel | #8 | 7 | 23.3 | ||
| Hard Time | #11 | 4 | 11.9 | ||
| Total Recall | #10 | 4 | 11.4 | ||
| Tunnel Vision | #12 | 4 | 10.5 | ||
| Blacklist | #11 | 3 | 8.4 | ||
| Fire Sale | #10 | 2 | 7.3 | ||
| Hardball | #9 | 1 | 4.8 | ||
| Body Work | #9 | 1 | 4.8 | ||
| Bleeding Kansas | #15 | 2 | 3.9 | ||
| Burn Marks | #14 | 1 | 2.4 | ||
| Fallout | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |