Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Thomas Pynchon
Charting Apr 22, 1973 → Oct 26, 2025 · 31 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.80%
- week of Feb 25, 1990
- Career Power
- 194
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 88
- April 1989 – April 1990
- Peak Five Years
- 88
- April 1985 – April 1990
- Top-five weeks
- 9
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 31
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Feb 4, 1990
- Comebacks
- 2
- January 1990, May 1997
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Aug 19, 1973 | Jan 28, 1990 | 845 | 844 | 1.83% | 1.60% |
| After absence | Jul 8, 1990 | May 25, 1997 | 359 | 358 | 4.80% | 1.98% |
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
7 books · 194 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vineland | #2 | 13 | 88.1 | ||
| Mason & Dixon | #4 | 8 | 54.4 | ||
| Gravity's Rainbow | #8 | 4 | 20.6 | ||
| Inherent Vice | #5 | 2 | 12.0 | ||
| Bleeding Edge | #6 | 2 | 9.7 | ||
| Shadow Ticket | #7 | 1 | 6.5 | ||
| Against the Day | #13 | 1 | 2.8 |