Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Tom Wolfe
Charting Nov 8, 1987 → Nov 25, 2012 · 92 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 12.24%
- week of Apr 24, 1988
- Career Power
- 834
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 18
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 527
- November 1987 – October 1988
- Peak Five Years
- 538
- December 1983 – November 1988
- Top-five weeks
- 60
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 92
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Jan 24, 1988
- Comebacks
- 1
- December 1998
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jan 1, 1989 | Dec 13, 1998 | 519 | 516 | 12.25% | 5.38% |
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
4 books · 834 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 Bonfire of the Vanities | #1 | 56 | 537.7 | ||
| A Man in Full | #1 | 19 | 213.2 | ||
| I Am Charlotte Simmons | #3 | 14 | 66.7 | ||
| Back to Blood | #4 | 3 | 16.4 |