Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
William Kent Krueger
Charting Sep 9, 2012 → Sep 6, 2026 · 18 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.52%
- week of Oct 6, 2019
- Career Power
- 97
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 25
- September 2023 – September 2024
- Peak Five Years
- 60
- September 2019 – September 2024
- Top-five weeks
- 5
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 18
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.35%
- week of Sep 8, 2024
- Comebacks
- 2
- September 2021, October 2023
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jan 12, 2020 | Sep 19, 2021 | 88 | 87 | 1.52% | 1.04% |
| After decline | Nov 21, 2021 | Oct 1, 2023 | 97 | 53 | 1.52% | 1.04% |
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
13 books · 97 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This Tender Land | #3 | 3 | 16.6 | ||
| The River We Remember | #5 | 3 | 13.2 | ||
| Spirit Crossing | #3 | 1 | 11.4 | ||
| Lightning Strike | #5 | 2 | 10.5 | ||
| Fox Creek | #5 | 1 | 8.3 | ||
| Desolation Mountain | #6 | 1 | 7.4 | ||
| God's Country | #7 | 1 | 6.9 | ||
| Apostle's Cove | #7 | 1 | 6.3 | ||
| Sulfur Springs | #9 | 1 | 4.8 | ||
| Manitou Canyon | #11 | 1 | 3.6 | ||
| Trickster's Point | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| Windigo Island | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| Tamarack County | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |