Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Sue Miller
Charting May 18, 1986 → Mar 9, 2008 · 50 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.09%
- week of Aug 31, 1986
- Career Power
- 200
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 104
- November 1985 – October 1986
- Peak Five Years
- 138
- July 1985 – July 1990
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 50
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Jun 8, 1986
- Comebacks
- 2
- June 1990, February 2008
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jan 11, 1987 | Jun 3, 1990 | 177 | 174 | 4.09% | 1.63% |
| After absence | Sep 2, 1990 | Feb 10, 2008 | 907 | 456 | 4.09% | 1.67% |
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
5 books · 200 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 Good Mother | #4 | 24 | 103.6 | ||
| Family Pictures | #8 | 9 | 34.8 | ||
| The Senator's Wife | #7 | 7 | 34.8 | ||
| While I Was Gone | #11 | 6 | 16.2 | ||
| For Love | #9 | 4 | 11.1 |