Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Toni Morrison
Charting Apr 19, 1981 → Feb 20, 2022 · 116 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 9.23%
- week of Apr 12, 1998
- Career Power
- 653
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 3
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 175
- June 1997 – May 1998
- Peak Five Years
- 246
- August 1995 – July 2000
- Top-five weeks
- 28
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 116
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Feb 1, 1998
- Comebacks
- 4
- October 1987, May 1992, February 1998, June 2000
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Oct 25, 1981 | Oct 4, 1987 | 310 | 308 | 3.84% | 2.09% |
| After absence | Jul 17, 1988 | May 3, 1992 | 198 | 196 | 5.02% | 2.04% |
| After absence | Sep 27, 1992 | Feb 1, 1998 | 279 | 278 | 5.02% | 2.40% |
| After decline | Jul 26, 1998 | Jun 11, 2000 | 98 | 94 | 9.23% | 3.38% |
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
10 books · 653 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise | #1 | 18 | 175.0 | ||
| Beloved | #3 | 31 | 155.7 | ||
| Jazz | #4 | 13 | 80.1 | ||
| The Bluest Eye | #3 | 11 | 70.7 | ||
| Tar Baby | #5 | 17 | 69.7 | ||
| A Mercy | #5 | 11 | 41.4 | ||
| God Help the Child | #5 | 6 | 29.9 | ||
| Home | #9 | 4 | 14.5 | ||
| Love | #11 | 4 | 13.7 | ||
| Recitatif | #13 | 1 | 2.8 |