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Platform Decay

Martha Wells

Entered May 24, 2026 · peaked at #8 on May 24, 2026 · 1 week on the list

Cover image: The New York Times · the artwork is the publisher’s.

Book Power
5.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
1
May 2026

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The run

Position by week; a gap is a spell off the list.

What it earned each author

Book Power is the book's own figure. Power contributed is what it earned each author's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the author had other books charting is split between them.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Martha Wellsprimary100%5.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 24, 2026 on the timeline →
  1. #1Our Perfect StormCarley Fortune
  2. #2Fury BoundSable Sorensen
  3. #3YesteryearCaro Claire Burke
  4. #4The Calamity ClubKathryn Stockett
  5. #526 BeautiesJames Patterson
  6. #6The CorrespondentVirginia Evans
  7. #7The Things We Never SayElizabeth Strout
  8. #8Platform DecayMartha Wells
  9. #9StarsideAlex Aster
  10. #10John of JohnDouglas Stuart