Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Craig Johnson
Charting Jun 23, 2013 → Jun 14, 2026 · 19 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.14%
- week of Sep 30, 2018
- Career Power
- 93
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 18
- October 2019 – October 2020
- Peak Five Years
- 52
- October 2014 – October 2019
- Top-five weeks
- 5
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 19
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Oct 6, 2019
- Comebacks
- 1
- September 2018
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Sep 6, 2015 | Sep 30, 2018 | 158 | 51 | 1.12% | 1.14% |
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
16 books · 93 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth of Winter | #5 | 2 | 11.3 | ||
| Dry Bones | #5 | 2 | 11.1 | ||
| Land of Wolves | #4 | 1 | 9.6 | ||
| Any Other Name | #6 | 2 | 9.1 | ||
| Next to Last Stand | #5 | 1 | 8.3 | ||
| An Obvious Fact | #6 | 1 | 7.3 | ||
| The Western Star | #7 | 1 | 6.3 | ||
| Hell and Back | #8 | 1 | 5.5 | ||
| The Highwayman | #10 | 1 | 4.2 | ||
| Daughter of the Morning Star | #10 | 1 | 4.2 | ||
| The Longmire Defense | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| Return to Sender | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| First Frost | #13 | 1 | 2.8 | ||
| The Brothers McKay | #14 | 1 | 2.5 | ||
| Wait for Signs | #14 | 1 | 2.4 | ||
| A Serpent's Tooth | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |