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Bernard Cornwell

Charting Apr 20, 2003Oct 21, 2018 · 23 weeks with chart power

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Peak Power
2.09%
week of Mar 1, 2009
Career Power
111
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
1
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
24
March 2008 – March 2009
Peak Five Years
68
February 2008 – January 2013
Top-five weeks
4
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
23
weeks with chart power
Dominance
12.64%
week of Feb 5, 2012
Comebacks
2
February 2012, February 2015
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After declineApr 11, 2010Feb 5, 201295952.09%1.38%
After declineApr 29, 2012Feb 1, 2015144512.09%1.11%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction

13 books · 111 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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
Agincourt#4423.7
Death of Kings#2318.1
The Burning Land#4212.7
The Empty Throne#5211.1
Sword Song#829.7
The Last Kingdom#827.9
Warriors of the Storm#827.3
The Pagan Lord#716.3
War of the Wolf#1014.2
1356#1113.6
Sharpe's Havoc#1412.4
The Pale Horseman#1512.1
Lords of the North#1512.1