Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Zadie Smith
Charting Jun 25, 2000 → Oct 8, 2023 · 14 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.18%
- week of Oct 23, 2005
- Career Power
- 56
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 24
- October 2004 – October 2005
- Peak Five Years
- 24
- October 2000 – October 2005
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 14
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of Oct 9, 2005
- Comebacks
- 1
- October 2023
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jan 15, 2006 | Oct 8, 2023 | 920 | 351 | 2.18% | 1.17% |
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
5 books · 56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Beauty | #5 | 4 | 24.2 | ||
| The Fraud | #8 | 3 | 12.3 | ||
| NW | #8 | 2 | 7.9 | ||
| White Teeth | #14 | 3 | 6.6 | ||
| Swing Time | #14 | 2 | 4.8 |