Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Andrew Gross
Charting Mar 24, 2002 → May 11, 2014 · 47 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.46%
- week of Oct 8, 2006
- Career Power
- 217
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 55
- May 2006 – May 2007
- Peak Five Years
- 208
- October 2001 – October 2006
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 47
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 7.46%
- week of Mar 21, 2004
- Comebacks
- 1
- August 2005
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jul 25, 2004 | Aug 7, 2005 | 53 | 52 | 2.84% | 1.50% |
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
9 books · 217 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judge & Jurywith James Patterson | #1 | 10 | 52.2 | ||
| Lifeguardwith James Patterson | #1 | 10 | 50.6 | ||
| 2nd Chancewith James Patterson | #1 | 8 | 38.6 | ||
| 3rd Degreewith James Patterson | #1 | 8 | 36.0 | ||
| The Jesterwith James Patterson | #1 | 7 | 30.2 | ||
| The Blue Zone | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| The Dark Tide | #14 | 1 | 2.4 | ||
| Don't Look Twice | #15 | 1 | 2.1 | ||
| Everything to Lose | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |