Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
C. J. Box
Charting Apr 10, 2011 → Apr 5, 2026 · 73 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
5 crowns
20112026First crown Mar 2016
- Peak Power
- 3.57%
- week of Apr 9, 2023
- Career Power
- 495
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 5
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 75
- March 2019 – April 2020
- Peak Five Years
- 229
- April 2018 – April 2023
- Top-five weeks
- 27
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 73
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.74%
- week of Mar 15, 2026
- 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
23 books · 495 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storm Watch | #1 | 5 | 42.5 | ||
| Shadows Reel | #2 | 4 | 35.7 | ||
| Wolf Pack | #2 | 5 | 34.4 | ||
| The Disappeared | #1 | 5 | 33.7 | ||
| The Crossroads | #1 | 4 | 31.4 | ||
| Off the Grid | #1 | 4 | 31.3 | ||
| Dark Sky | #4 | 4 | 28.4 | ||
| Three-Inch Teeth | #2 | 4 | 27.4 | ||
| Battle Mountain | #2 | 4 | 26.6 | ||
| Vicious Circle | #2 | 3 | 25.9 | ||
| Endangered | #3 | 4 | 24.2 | ||
| Long Range | #2 | 4 | 23.0 | ||
| Paradise Valley | #4 | 3 | 20.7 | ||
| The Bitterroots | #3 | 3 | 19.7 | ||
| Stone Cold | #4 | 3 | 19.2 | ||
| Breaking Point | #5 | 3 | 17.1 | ||
| Force of Nature | #3 | 2 | 14.2 | ||
| Treasure State | #6 | 2 | 12.1 | ||
| Badlands | #5 | 2 | 10.4 | ||
| The Highway | #7 | 2 | 8.1 | ||
| Cold Wind | #10 | 1 | 4.2 | ||
| Shots Fired | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| Back of Beyond | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |
At their peak
2019 in books →C. J. Box's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from March 2019 to April 2020. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Delia Owens691
- 2James Patterson239
- 3David Baldacci223
- 4Alex Michaelides190
- 5John Grisham177
- 6Stephen King151
- 7Ann Patchett138
- 8Danielle Steel133
- 9Jeanine Cummins109
- 10Elin Hilderbrand91
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.