Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Amanda Quick

Charting Jun 27, 1993 → May 10, 2015 · 46 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 1.86%; week of Jun 1, 1997
Career Power: 170; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 29; May 1997 – April 1998
Peak Five Years: 66; May 1994 – May 1999
Top-five weeks: 2; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 46; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 8.34%; week of May 10, 2009
Comebacks: 3; May 1997, May 2000, May 2009

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Oct 9, 1994	May 11, 1997	135	50	1.39%	1.15%
After decline	Aug 24, 1997	May 7, 2000	141	50	1.86%	1.01%
After decline	Jun 25, 2000	May 17, 2009	461	57	1.86%	1.16%

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

23 books · 170 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
Affair	#6May 1997	5	May 1997 – June 1997	21.9	21.9
Mistress	#8June 1994	5	June 1994 – July 1994	16.3	16.3
The Perfect Poison	#5May 2009	2	May 2009 – May 2009	11.5	11.5
Wicked Widow	#11April 2000	3	April 2000 – May 2000	10.5	9.7
Slightly Shady	#8April 2001	3	April 2001 – May 2001	10.3	10.3
With This Ring	#10April 1998	3	April 1998 – May 1998	9.7	9.7
I Thee Wed	#9April 1999	3	April 1999 – May 1999	8.7	8.7
Burning Lamp	#7May 2010	2	May 2010 – May 2010	8.4	8.4
Crystal Gardens	#5May 2012	1	May 2012	8.3	8.3
The River Knows	#10May 2007	2	May 2007 – May 2007	7.3	7.3
Quicksilver	#6May 2011	1	May 2011	7.3	7.3
Otherwise Engaged	#6May 2014	1	May 2014	7.3	7.3
Mystique	#12June 1995	2	June 1995 – July 1995	5.4	5.3
Late for the Wedding	#9May 2003	1	May 2003	4.8	4.8
Deception	#15June 1993	2	June 1993 – July 1993	4.2	4.2
The Mystery Woman	#10May 2013	1	May 2013	4.2	4.2
Mischief	#15July 1996	2	June 1996 – July 1996	4.0	3.9
Second Sight	#15June 2006	2	May 2006 – June 2006	3.9	3.9
The Paid Companion	#11May 2004	1	May 2004	3.7	3.6
Don't Look Back	#11June 2002	1	June 2002	3.6	3.6
The Third Circle	#11May 2008	1	May 2008	3.6	3.6
Garden of Lies	#11May 2015	1	May 2015	3.6	3.6
Lie by Moonlight	#16June 2005	1	June 2005	1.8	1.8