Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Dan Brown
Charting Apr 6, 2003 → Feb 22, 2026 · 269 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
102 crowns
20032026Longest reign 48 weeks (Nov 2003 – Oct 2004) · First crown Apr 2003
- Peak Power
- 19.20%
- week of Jul 4, 2004
- Career Power
- 3,183
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 102
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 901
- October 2003 – October 2004
- Peak Five Years
- 2,134
- June 2001 – June 2006
- Top-five weeks
- 222
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 269
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 21.49%
- week of Jun 20, 2004
- Comebacks
- 4
- Nov 2009 · Jul 2013 · Dec 2017 · Nov 2025, after 8 quiet years
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
6 books · 3,183 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Da Vinci Code | #1 | 165 | 1,962.3 | ||
| The Lost Symbol | #1 | 29 | 317.7 | ||
| Inferno | #1 | 29 | 266.2 | ||
| Origin | #1 | 24 | 240.0 | ||
| The Secret of Secrets | #1 | 22 | 224.6 | ||
| Angels & Demons | #4 | 40 | 171.9 |
At their peak
2003 in books →Dan Brown's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from October 2003 to October 2004. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Dan Brown901
- 2Mitch Albom572
- 3John Grisham252
- 4James Patterson217
- 5Stephen King179
- 6Patricia Cornwell140
- 7Danielle Steel128
- 8Carl Hiaasen95
- 9Dustin Thomason89
- 10Ian Caldwell89
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.