Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Wally Lamb

Charting Jul 5, 1998Jul 13, 2025 · 38 weeks with chart power

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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
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After absenceJan 24, 1999Jan 4, 20095165119.40%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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
I Know This Much Is True#119201.8
The Hour I First Believed#41269.0
We Are Water#4420.8
The River Is Waiting#6315.3