Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Terry McMillan
Charting May 31, 1992 → Apr 19, 2020 · 86 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 9.81%
- week of Nov 1, 1992
- Career Power
- 674
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 4
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 283
- April 1992 – April 1993
- Peak Five Years
- 466
- October 1991 – October 1996
- Top-five weeks
- 43
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 86
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.97%
- week of May 26, 1996
- Comebacks
- 3
- June 1996, February 2001, August 2005
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Apr 25, 1993 | Jun 2, 1996 | 162 | 160 | 9.81% | 4.16% |
| After absence | Dec 1, 1996 | Feb 18, 2001 | 220 | 218 | 9.81% | 4.25% |
| After absence | Jun 24, 2001 | Aug 28, 2005 | 216 | 213 | 9.81% | 3.65% |
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
8 books · 674 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waiting to Exhale | #2 | 38 | 282.9 | ||
| How Stella Got Her Groove Back | #1 | 21 | 183.3 | ||
| A Day Late and a Dollar Short | #1 | 12 | 121.7 | ||
| The Interruption of Everything | #2 | 6 | 49.8 | ||
| Getting to Happy | #4 | 6 | 27.7 | ||
| It's Not All Downhill from Here | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| I Almost Forgot About You | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| Who Asked You? | #14 | 1 | 2.4 |