Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Dan Brown
Charting Apr 6, 2003 → Feb 22, 2026 · 269 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 19.20%
- week of Jul 4, 2004
- Career Power
- 3,183
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 102
- weeks as the top author
- 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
- November 2009, July 2013, December 2017, November 2025
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 16, 2006 | Nov 8, 2009 | 172 | 167 | 19.20% | 7.27% |
| After absence | May 16, 2010 | Jul 7, 2013 | 164 | 159 | 19.20% | 7.06% |
| After absence | Dec 1, 2013 | Dec 10, 2017 | 208 | 193 | 19.20% | 6.87% |
| After absence | Apr 29, 2018 | Nov 16, 2025 | 392 | 385 | 19.20% | 6.97% |
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
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 |