Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Clive Cussler
Charting Dec 5, 1976 → Jun 13, 2021 · 396 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 9.31%
- week of Apr 3, 1977
- Career Power
- 2,041
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 8
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 205
- May 1976 – May 1977
- Peak Five Years
- 335
- August 1987 – August 1992
- Top-five weeks
- 99
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 396
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Oct 12, 1997
- Comebacks
- 11
- July 1984, February 1986, April 1988, June 1990, June 1992, June 1994, January 1996, October 1997, January 2000, September 2001, January 2004
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 24, 1977 | Jul 15, 1984 | 351 | 200 | 9.31% | 3.42% |
| After decline | Oct 21, 1984 | Feb 16, 1986 | 69 | 66 | 9.31% | 3.37% |
| After decline | Jun 8, 1986 | Apr 10, 1988 | 96 | 93 | 9.31% | 3.70% |
| After decline | Aug 28, 1988 | Jun 3, 1990 | 92 | 89 | 9.31% | 3.28% |
| After decline | Oct 14, 1990 | Jun 14, 1992 | 87 | 84 | 9.31% | 3.86% |
| After decline | Oct 4, 1992 | Jun 5, 1994 | 87 | 84 | 9.31% | 4.06% |
| After decline | Oct 2, 1994 | Jan 21, 1996 | 68 | 64 | 9.31% | 3.64% |
| After decline | Apr 7, 1996 | Oct 19, 1997 | 80 | 78 | 9.31% | 3.95% |
| After decline | Feb 1, 1998 | Jan 16, 2000 | 102 | 99 | 9.31% | 3.62% |
| After decline | Apr 16, 2000 | Sep 16, 2001 | 74 | 72 | 9.31% | 4.25% |
| After decline | Dec 30, 2001 | Jan 4, 2004 | 104 | 46 | 9.31% | 3.77% |
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
72 books · 2,041 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raise the Titanic! | #2 | 22 | 204.6 | ||
| Treasure | #3 | 18 | 121.7 | ||
| Dragon | #3 | 17 | 110.6 | ||
| Inca Gold | #2 | 14 | 106.8 | ||
| Sahara | #2 | 13 | 102.8 | ||
| Flood Tide | #1 | 9 | 94.0 | ||
| Valhalla Rising | #1 | 8 | 93.6 | ||
| Cyclops | #4 | 14 | 91.1 | ||
| Deep Six | #5 | 15 | 86.8 | ||
| Atlantis Found | #4 | 11 | 76.7 | ||
| Shock Wave | #3 | 10 | 66.4 | ||
| Trojan Odyssey | #4 | 7 | 60.3 | ||
| Night Probe! | #8 | 13 | 44.3 | ||
| The Chase | #3 | 8 | 41.5 | ||
| Fire Icewith Paul Kemprecos | #2 | 7 | 27.8 | ||
| Black Windwith Dirk Cussler | #4 | 8 | 26.3 | ||
| White Deathwith Paul Kemprecos | #3 | 6 | 24.8 | ||
| Polar Shiftwith Paul Kemprecos | #1 | 5 | 24.0 | ||
| Lost Citywith Paul Kemprecos | #2 | 6 | 22.6 | ||
| Treasure of Khanwith Dirk Cussler | #5 | 7 | 22.5 | ||
| Celtic Empirewith Dirk Cussler | #3 | 7 | 22.3 | ||
| Corsairwith Jack Du Brul | #2 | 5 | 21.5 | ||
| The Silent Seawith Jack Du Brul | #3 | 5 | 20.0 | ||
| Arctic Driftwith Dirk Cussler | #3 | 6 | 19.8 | ||
| The Thiefwith Justin Scott | #1 | 4 | 19.7 | ||
| The Junglewith Jack Du Brul | #1 | 4 | 18.1 | ||
| The Stormwith Graham Brown | #1 | 4 | 18.0 | ||
| The Navigatorwith Paul Kemprecos | #5 | 6 | 17.4 | ||
| Spartan Goldwith Grant Blackwood | #4 | 5 | 15.9 | ||
| Medusawith Paul Kemprecos | #2 | 4 | 15.7 | ||
| The Gangsterwith Justin Scott | #1 | 4 | 15.7 | ||
| The Cutthroatwith Justin Scott | #1 | 4 | 15.2 | ||
| The Strikerwith Justin Scott | #2 | 4 | 15.2 | ||
| Plague Shipwith Jack Du Brul | #3 | 4 | 14.9 | ||
| The Emperor's Revengewith Boyd Morrison | #1 | 3 | 14.9 | ||
| Crescent Dawnwith Dirk Cussler | #4 | 6 | 14.8 | ||
| Shadow Tyrantswith Boyd Morrison | #2 | 4 | 14.6 | ||
| The Spywith Justin Scott | #3 | 4 | 14.0 | ||
| The Rising Seawith Graham Brown | #1 | 3 | 13.9 | ||
| The Bootleggerwith Justin Scott | #2 | 4 | 13.8 | ||
| The Racewith Justin Scott | #2 | 4 | 13.1 | ||
| The Mayan Secretswith Thomas Perry | #2 | 3 | 12.5 | ||
| The Kingdomwith Grant Blackwood | #2 | 3 | 11.8 | ||
| Piratewith Robin Burcell | #2 | 3 | 11.5 | ||
| The Gray Ghostwith Robin Burcell | #3 | 3 | 11.5 | ||
| Poseidon's Arrowwith Dirk Cussler | #2 | 3 | 11.3 | ||
| Lost Empirewith Grant Blackwood | #4 | 4 | 11.0 | ||
| Zero Hourwith Graham Brown | #4 | 3 | 10.5 | ||
| Miragewith Jack Du Brul | #2 | 3 | 10.3 | ||
| Nighthawkwith Graham Brown | #4 | 3 | 10.3 | ||
| The Assassinwith Justin Scott | #5 | 4 | 10.2 | ||
| The Tombswith Thomas Perry | #4 | 4 | 9.8 | ||
| Havana Stormwith Dirk Cussler | #4 | 3 | 9.8 | ||
| Ghost Shipwith Graham Brown | #2 | 3 | 9.7 | ||
| The Romanov Ransomwith Robin Burcell | #4 | 3 | 8.8 | ||
| The Oraclewith Robin Burcell | #6 | 3 | 8.6 | ||
| The Eye of Heavenwith Russell Blake | #5 | 3 | 8.4 | ||
| Piranhawith Boyd Morrison | #4 | 3 | 8.2 | ||
| Odessa Seawith Dirk Cussler | #5 | 3 | 8.2 | ||
| Journey of the Pharaohswith Graham Brown | #3 | 2 | 7.9 | ||
| Devil's Gatewith Graham Brown | #5 | 3 | 7.8 | ||
| Typhoon Furywith Boyd Morrison | #5 | 3 | 7.8 | ||
| The Wreckerwith Justin Scott | #6 | 3 | 7.1 | ||
| The Titanic Secretwith Jack Du Brul | #7 | 3 | 6.8 | ||
| Fast Icewith Graham Brown | #7 | 2 | 5.0 | ||
| Marauderwith Boyd Morrison | #7 | 2 | 4.2 | ||
| The Pharaoh's Secretwith Graham Brown | #8 | 2 | 4.1 | ||
| Sea of Greedwith Graham Brown | #10 | 2 | 3.5 | ||
| The Solomon Cursewith Russell Blake | #11 | 2 | 2.9 | ||
| The Saboteurswith Jack Du Brul | #9 | 1 | 2.4 | ||
| Wrath of Poseidonwith Robin Burcell | #14 | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| Final Optionwith Boyd Morrison | #15 | 1 | 1.0 |