Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Anne Rice

Charting Nov 17, 1985 → Oct 21, 2018 · 224 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 8.49%; week of Jan 10, 1993
Career Power: 1,661; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 12; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 231; October 1994 – October 1995
Peak Five Years: 708; November 1990 – October 1995
Top-five weeks: 102; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 224; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.91%; week of Nov 15, 1992
Comebacks: 7; October 1988, November 1990, November 1992, November 2000, December 2005, April 2012, December 2014

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Mar 30, 1986	Oct 23, 1988	134	134	1.72%	1.38%
After decline	Apr 30, 1989	Nov 25, 1990	82	80	7.85%	3.71%
After decline	Jun 2, 1991	Nov 1, 1992	74	73	7.96%	3.03%
After decline	Jul 11, 1999	Nov 19, 2000	71	69	8.49%	3.37%
After decline	Feb 11, 2001	Dec 25, 2005	252	99	8.49%	2.98%
After absence	Mar 12, 2006	Apr 8, 2012	316	119	8.49%	2.99%
After decline	Apr 29, 2012	Dec 14, 2014	137	79	8.49%	3.33%

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

24 books · 1,661 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
The Witching Hour	#2November 1990	22	November 1990 – April 1991	160.9	159.9
The Queen of the Damned	#1October 1988	17	October 1988 – February 1989	160.9	160.9
The Tale of the Body Thief	#1October 1992	15	October 1992 – January 1993	157.3	154.0
Lasher	#2October 1993	17	October 1993 – January 1994	149.3	144.5
Taltos	#1October 1994	16	October 1994 – January 1995	126.3	125.9
Memnoch the Devil	#1July 1995	15	July 1995 – January 1996	118.9	118.5
Servant of the Bones	#1August 1996	10	August 1996 – October 1996	100.2	98.3
Violin	#2November 1997	13	November 1997 – January 1998	93.4	92.9
The Vampire Armand	#2November 1998	13	November 1998 – January 1999	91.3	91.3
Pandora	#2April 1998	10	March 1998 – May 1998	84.4	84.4
Vittorio, the Vampire	#2April 1999	8	April 1999 – May 1999	61.8	61.8
Merrick	#2November 2000	10	November 2000 – January 2001	61.4	61.4
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt	#4November 2005	12	November 2005 – February 2006	60.8	60.8
Prince Lestat	#3November 2014	9	November 2014 – January 2015	53.4	53.4
The Wolf Gift	#3March 2012	6	March 2012 – April 2012	38.7	38.6
Blood and Gold	#5November 2001	6	November 2001 – January 2002	30.6	30.6
Blood Canticle	#5November 2003	5	November 2003 – December 2003	26.3	26.2
Blackwood Farm	#4November 2002	5	November 2002 – December 2002	23.7	23.7
The Vampire Lestat	#9November 1985	7	November 1985 – January 1986	23.4	23.3
Christ the Lord: the Road to Cana	#8March 2008	3	March 2008 – April 2008	13.9	13.9
Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis	#7December 2016	2	December 2016 – December 2016	8.4	8.4
Blood Communion	#5October 2018	1	October 2018	8.3	8.3
The Wolves of Midwinter	#9November 2013	1	November 2013	4.8	4.8
Angel Time	#13November 2009	1	November 2009	2.8	2.8