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Shari Lapena

Charting Sep 18, 2016Aug 16, 2026 · 14 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
2.06%
week of Aug 29, 2021
Career Power
71
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
0
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
22
September 2020 – August 2021
Peak Five Years
46
August 2016 – August 2021
Top-five weeks
3
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
14
weeks with chart power
Dominance
11.01%
week of Aug 15, 2021
Comebacks
1
August 2025
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After declineNov 21, 2021Aug 17, 2025195902.06%1.20%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction

10 books · 71 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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
Not a Happy Family#3321.9
She Didn't See It Coming#3111.0
A Stranger in the House#1027.3
An Unwanted Guest#617.3
Everyone Here Is Lying#1026.3
Getting Away with Murder#915.2
What Have You Done?#1213.3
Someone We Know#1213.2
The End of Her#1213.2
The Couple Next Door#1312.8