Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Steve Martin
Charting Oct 29, 2000 → Jan 9, 2011 · 25 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.53%
- week of Jan 28, 2001
- Career Power
- 87
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 56
- February 2000 – February 2001
- Peak Five Years
- 74
- November 1998 – November 2003
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 25
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Nov 5, 2000
- Comebacks
- 2
- November 2003, January 2011
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | May 6, 2001 | Nov 2, 2003 | 129 | 127 | 2.53% | 1.23% |
| After absence | Jan 11, 2004 | Jan 9, 2011 | 363 | 359 | 2.53% | 1.16% |
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 · 87 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shopgirl | #4 | 15 | 56.4 | ||
| The Pleasure of My Company | #7 | 5 | 17.6 | ||
| An Object of Beauty | #13 | 5 | 13.1 |