Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Catherine Coulter

Charting Jul 20, 1997 → Aug 21, 2022 · 100 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 5.18%; week of Sep 21, 2003
Career Power: 620; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 3; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 86; August 2003 – July 2004
Peak Five Years: 247; August 1999 – July 2004
Top-five weeks: 41; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 100; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Sep 11, 2005
Comebacks: 6; August 1999, September 2005, July 2007, August 2012, September 2016, August 2018

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Nov 2, 1997	Aug 29, 1999	95	63	1.02%	1.30%
After decline	Aug 22, 2004	Sep 18, 2005	55	54	5.18%	2.32%
After decline	Dec 18, 2005	Jul 8, 2007	80	79	5.18%	2.12%
After decline	Sep 27, 2009	Aug 12, 2012	150	54	5.18%	1.89%
After decline	Sep 16, 2012	Sep 4, 2016	205	45	5.18%	1.83%
After decline	Oct 9, 2016	Aug 26, 2018	98	28	5.18%	1.88%

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

31 books · 620 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
Blindside	#2August 2003	6	August 2003 – September 2003	63.6	63.6
Riptide	#2August 2000	7	July 2000 – September 2000	50.9	50.9
Hemlock Bay	#2August 2001	6	August 2001 – September 2001	45.8	45.8
Point Blank	#1September 2005	5	September 2005 – October 2005	45.0	45.0
Double Take	#3July 2007	6	July 2007 – August 2007	43.0	42.9
Knockout	#1July 2009	4	July 2009 – July 2009	37.5	37.5
The Edge	#6August 1999	6	August 1999 – September 1999	32.9	31.4
Eleventh Hour	#4August 2002	5	August 2002 – September 2002	31.4	31.4
Tailspin	#3July 2008	4	July 2008 – August 2008	29.7	29.7
Paradox	#2August 2018	4	August 2018 – September 2018	24.9	24.7
Blowout	#6July 2004	4	July 2004 – July 2004	22.6	22.0
Backfire	#4July 2012	4	July 2012 – August 2012	22.4	22.4
Insidious	#2August 2016	3	August 2016 – September 2016	21.3	21.3
Split Second	#4August 2011	3	August 2011 – August 2011	17.1	17.1
Whiplash	#5July 2010	3	July 2010 – July 2010	17.0	17.0
Power Play	#2July 2014	2	July 2014 – August 2014	16.3	16.3
Bombshell	#5July 2013	3	July 2013 – August 2013	14.9	14.9
Nemesis	#5July 2015	3	July 2015 – August 2015	14.6	14.6
The Maze	#11July 1997	4	July 1997 – August 1997	11.2	11.2
The Devil's Trianglewith J. T. Ellison	#4April 2017	3	April 2017 – April 2017	8.8	17.5
Enigma	#8October 2017	2	October 2017 – October 2017	8.3	8.3
Labyrinth	#7August 2019	1	August 2019	6.3	6.3
The Final Cutwith J. T. Ellison	#7October 2013	2	October 2013 – October 2013	5.6	11.1
Deadlock	#8August 2020	1	August 2020	5.5	5.5
The Target	#12May 1998	2	May 1998 – May 1998	5.3	5.3
Vortex	#9August 2021	1	August 2021	4.8	4.8
The End Gamewith J. T. Ellison	#9October 2015	2	October 2015 – October 2015	3.8	7.5
The Sixth Daywith J. T. Ellison	#7April 2018	1	April 2018	3.2	6.3
The Lost Keywith J. T. Ellison	#8October 2014	1	October 2014	2.8	5.5
Reckoning	#14August 2022	1	August 2022	2.4	2.4
The Last Secondwith J. T. Ellison	#12April 2019	1	April 2019	1.6	3.2