Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Brad Thor
Charting Aug 5, 2007 → Jul 5, 2026 · 90 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
4 crowns
20072026First crown Jul 2008
- Peak Power
- 4.43%
- week of Sep 11, 2011
- Career Power
- 613
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 4
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 69
- July 2015 – July 2016
- Peak Five Years
- 233
- July 2011 – July 2016
- Top-five weeks
- 34
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 90
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Jul 20, 2008
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
22 books · 613 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Black | #3 | 6 | 53.1 | ||
| The Last Patriot | #1 | 6 | 51.9 | ||
| Act of War | #1 | 5 | 41.1 | ||
| Use of Force | #3 | 5 | 39.5 | ||
| Near Dark | #2 | 6 | 38.6 | ||
| Backlash | #2 | 5 | 38.5 | ||
| Code of Conduct | #3 | 6 | 38.2 | ||
| Black List | #4 | 6 | 36.9 | ||
| Spymaster | #2 | 6 | 35.0 | ||
| Hidden Order | #2 | 5 | 33.0 | ||
| Foreign Agent | #2 | 5 | 30.7 | ||
| Black Ice | #1 | 4 | 28.7 | ||
| The Apostle | #3 | 4 | 27.3 | ||
| Rising Tiger | #2 | 4 | 25.9 | ||
| The First Commandment | #7 | 4 | 18.7 | ||
| Foreign Influence | #6 | 4 | 18.3 | ||
| Dead Fall | #3 | 3 | 17.9 | ||
| Shadow of Doubt | #3 | 2 | 14.6 | ||
| Edge of Honor | #2 | 1 | 12.7 | ||
| Choke Point | #9 | 1 | 5.5 | ||
| The Athena Project | #10 | 1 | 4.2 | ||
| Cold Zerowith Ward Larsen | #7 | 1 | 3.3 |
At their peak
2015 in books →Brad Thor's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from July 2015 to July 2016. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Paula Hawkins427
- 2Anthony Doerr399
- 3Kristin Hannah234
- 4Harper Lee223
- 5James Patterson216
- 6John Grisham187
- 7Stephen King183
- 8David Baldacci148
- 9Nicholas Sparks145
- 10Danielle Steel120
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.