Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
William Gibson
Charting Sep 5, 1993 → Feb 9, 2020 · 13 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.97%
- week of Mar 16, 2003
- Career Power
- 57
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 22
- March 2002 – March 2003
- Peak Five Years
- 36
- September 2002 – September 2007
- Top-five weeks
- 2
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 13
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Feb 23, 2003
- Comebacks
- 1
- September 2007
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jun 15, 2003 | Sep 2, 2007 | 218 | 217 | 1.96% | 1.23% |
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
6 books · 57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pattern Recognition | #4 | 4 | 22.3 | ||
| Spook Country | #6 | 3 | 14.1 | ||
| Zero History | #9 | 2 | 6.9 | ||
| The Peripheral | #9 | 1 | 4.8 | ||
| Virtual Light | #14 | 2 | 4.5 | ||
| Agency | #10 | 1 | 4.2 |