Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Carl Hiaasen
Charting Sep 12, 1993 → Jun 1, 2025 · 84 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.97%
- week of Sep 12, 2004
- Career Power
- 512
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 95
- October 2003 – October 2004
- Peak Five Years
- 211
- October 1999 – October 2004
- Top-five weeks
- 28
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 84
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.90%
- week of Aug 22, 2004
- Comebacks
- 9
- September 1995, November 1997, January 2000, January 2002, August 2004, December 2006, August 2010, July 2013, October 2016
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jan 16, 1994 | Sep 17, 1995 | 87 | 85 | 2.61% | 1.19% |
| After decline | Dec 3, 1995 | Nov 23, 1997 | 103 | 102 | 2.61% | 1.10% |
| After decline | Mar 15, 1998 | Jan 30, 2000 | 98 | 97 | 2.61% | 1.41% |
| After decline | Jun 18, 2000 | Jan 27, 2002 | 84 | 83 | 3.92% | 1.51% |
| After absence | Jun 16, 2002 | Aug 8, 2004 | 111 | 110 | 3.92% | 2.32% |
| After decline | Jan 2, 2005 | Dec 17, 2006 | 100 | 98 | 5.98% | 2.24% |
| After absence | Feb 25, 2007 | Aug 22, 2010 | 182 | 181 | 5.98% | 2.27% |
| After absence | Nov 28, 2010 | Jul 7, 2013 | 136 | 135 | 5.98% | 2.12% |
| After absence | Oct 20, 2013 | Oct 2, 2016 | 152 | 151 | 5.98% | 2.43% |
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
12 books · 512 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skinny Dip | #2 | 11 | 94.8 | ||
| Basket Case | #3 | 10 | 59.1 | ||
| Sick Puppy | #6 | 10 | 57.2 | ||
| Star Island | #2 | 7 | 54.0 | ||
| Bad Monkey | #3 | 9 | 53.9 | ||
| Razor Girl | #2 | 6 | 45.6 | ||
| Nature Girl | #4 | 7 | 37.8 | ||
| Strip Tease | #8 | 7 | 33.4 | ||
| Lucky You | #6 | 7 | 30.5 | ||
| Squeeze Me | #4 | 3 | 20.1 | ||
| Stormy Weather | #9 | 6 | 20.0 | ||
| Fever Beach | #8 | 1 | 5.5 |