Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Daniel Silva
Charting Jan 26, 1997 → Aug 9, 2026 · 145 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.83%
- week of Sep 6, 2020
- Career Power
- 1,105
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 19
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 84
- August 2014 – July 2015
- Peak Five Years
- 307
- August 2014 – August 2019
- Top-five weeks
- 68
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 145
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 15.45%
- week of Aug 2, 2026
- Comebacks
- 2
- March 2002, August 2006
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | May 18, 1997 | Mar 31, 2002 | 254 | 144 | 1.31% | 1.22% |
| After decline | Jun 19, 2005 | Aug 13, 2006 | 60 | 60 | 2.34% | 1.20% |
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
28 books · 1,105 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 Black Widow | #1 | 7 | 63.4 | ||
| The Order | #1 | 7 | 63.1 | ||
| The Heist | #1 | 6 | 60.0 | ||
| The Other Woman | #1 | 7 | 59.0 | ||
| The English Spy | #1 | 7 | 58.3 | ||
| Moscow Rules | #1 | 6 | 57.5 | ||
| Portrait of an Unknown Woman | #1 | 6 | 56.2 | ||
| The English Girl | #1 | 7 | 53.5 | ||
| House of Spies | #1 | 6 | 51.9 | ||
| The Messenger | #3 | 6 | 48.7 | ||
| The New Girl | #1 | 6 | 47.6 | ||
| The Cellist | #1 | 6 | 47.4 | ||
| The Rembrandt Affair | #1 | 6 | 46.7 | ||
| The Secret Servant | #2 | 6 | 45.2 | ||
| Portrait of a Spy | #2 | 6 | 43.4 | ||
| The Fallen Angel | #1 | 6 | 43.3 | ||
| The Defector | #1 | 4 | 36.9 | ||
| An Inside Job | #1 | 4 | 30.0 | ||
| The Collector | #2 | 4 | 28.1 | ||
| A Death in Vienna | #5 | 5 | 28.0 | ||
| The Confessor | #5 | 5 | 27.2 | ||
| A Death in Cornwall | #1 | 3 | 25.1 | ||
| Prince of Fire | #5 | 4 | 21.2 | ||
| The English Assassin | #7 | 4 | 18.6 | ||
| Ransom | #1 | 2 | 18.4 | ||
| The Unlikely Spy | #9 | 5 | 15.1 | ||
| The Mark of the Assassin | #12 | 3 | 8.3 | ||
| The Kill Artist | #12 | 1 | 3.2 |