Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Brian Sitts
Charting Apr 30, 2017 → Mar 29, 2026 · 15 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.66%
- week of Mar 22, 2026
- Career Power
- 41
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 20
- April 2025 – March 2026
- Peak Five Years
- 37
- April 2021 – March 2026
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 15
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 5.66%
- week of Mar 1, 2026
- Comebacks
- 1
- Mar 2026
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
4 books · 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross & Sampsonwith James Patterson | #3 | 5 | 19.8 | ||
| Holmes, Marple & Poewith James Patterson | #6 | 5 | 12.7 | ||
| Holmes Is Missingwith James Patterson | #7 | 2 | 4.8 | ||
| Two from the Heartwith James Patterson, Frank Costantini, Emily Raymond | #8 | 2 | 1.9 |
At their peak
2025 in books →Brian Sitts's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from April 2025 to March 2026. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Rebecca Yarros305
- 2Dan Brown225
- 3Virginia Evans215
- 4John Grisham205
- 5SenLinYu203
- 6Taylor Jenkins Reid177
- 7Callie Hart148
- 8Emily Henry140
- 9James Patterson134
- 10Fredrik Backman123
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.