Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Wally Lamb
Charting Jul 5, 1998 → Jul 13, 2025 · 38 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 9.40%
- week of Oct 18, 1998
- Career Power
- 307
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 3
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 202
- November 1997 – November 1998
- Peak Five Years
- 202
- November 1993 – November 1998
- Top-five weeks
- 22
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 38
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Jul 5, 1998
- Comebacks
- 1
- January 2009
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jan 24, 1999 | Jan 4, 2009 | 516 | 511 | 9.40% | 3.36% |
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 · 307 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Know This Much Is True | #1 | 19 | 201.8 | ||
| The Hour I First Believed | #4 | 12 | 69.0 | ||
| We Are Water | #4 | 4 | 20.8 | ||
| The River Is Waiting | #6 | 3 | 15.3 |