Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Shari Lapena
Charting Sep 18, 2016 → Aug 16, 2026 · 14 weeks with chart power
- 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
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Nov 21, 2021 | Aug 17, 2025 | 195 | 90 | 2.06% | 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.
| Title | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not a Happy Family | #3 | 3 | 21.9 | ||
| She Didn't See It Coming | #3 | 1 | 11.0 | ||
| A Stranger in the House | #10 | 2 | 7.3 | ||
| An Unwanted Guest | #6 | 1 | 7.3 | ||
| Everyone Here Is Lying | #10 | 2 | 6.3 | ||
| Getting Away with Murder | #9 | 1 | 5.2 | ||
| What Have You Done? | #12 | 1 | 3.3 | ||
| Someone We Know | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| The End of Her | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| The Couple Next Door | #13 | 1 | 2.8 |