Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Stephen Birmingham
Charting Sep 25, 1983 → Mar 30, 1986 · 29 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.75%
- week of Dec 4, 1983
- Career Power
- 121
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 86
- February 1983 – February 1984
- Peak Five Years
- 121
- April 1981 – March 1986
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 29
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 7.33%
- week of Nov 13, 1983
- Comebacks
- 1
- February 1986
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Apr 29, 1984 | Feb 23, 1986 | 95 | 93 | 3.75% | 1.58% |
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
2 books · 121 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Auerbach Will | #6 | 21 | 85.8 | ||
| The Lebaron Secret | #7 | 8 | 34.8 |