Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

David Baldacci

Charting Feb 11, 1996 → May 17, 2026 · 488 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 8.30%; week of Sep 4, 2022
Career Power: 3,496; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 42; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 259; December 2021 – November 2022
Peak Five Years: 895; December 2014 – December 2019
Top-five weeks: 220; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 488; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.85%; week of Nov 14, 2004
Comebacks: 1; December 2001

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Mar 19, 2000	Dec 9, 2001	90	48	7.23%	2.95%

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

54 books · 3,496 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
Total Control	#2February 1997	12	February 1997 – April 1997	112.2	112.2
The 6:20 Man	#1July 2022	11	July 2022 – October 2022	108.9	108.9
The Fallen	#1May 2018	12	May 2018 – July 2018	104.8	104.7
Absolute Power	#2March 1996	17	February 1996 – June 1996	103.4	103.1
The Escape	#1December 2014	13	December 2014 – March 2015	100.7	100.6
The Winner	#2January 1998	14	December 1997 – March 1998	97.9	97.2
The Innocent	#1May 2012	12	May 2012 – July 2012	88.2	88.2
The Simple Truth	#2December 1998	12	December 1998 – February 1999	87.3	87.3
Redemption	#1May 2019	10	May 2019 – July 2019	86.2	86.0
The Last Mile	#1May 2016	10	May 2016 – July 2016	86.1	86.1
Dream Town	#1May 2022	9	May 2022 – July 2022	82.2	81.5
Memory Man	#1May 2015	10	May 2015 – July 2015	81.5	81.5
Last Man Standing	#3December 2001	10	November 2001 – January 2002	81.2	81.2
The Fix	#1May 2017	10	May 2017 – July 2017	80.8	80.5
The Target	#1May 2014	9	May 2014 – July 2014	77.3	77.3
No Man's Land	#2December 2016	10	December 2016 – February 2017	76.5	76.4
The Sixth Man	#1May 2011	8	May 2011 – June 2011	76.1	76.1
Stone Cold	#1November 2007	12	November 2007 – February 2008	75.8	75.8
The Hit	#1May 2013	9	May 2013 – July 2013	74.5	74.5
The Camel Club	#3November 2005	12	November 2005 – January 2006	72.0	71.8
The Forgotten	#2December 2012	10	December 2012 – February 2013	71.1	71.1
One Good Deed	#1August 2019	8	August 2019 – September 2019	68.7	68.7
The Christmas Train	#3December 2002	9	November 2002 – January 2003	68.7	68.7
A Minute to Midnight	#1December 2019	11	December 2019 – February 2020	67.7	67.7
First Family	#1May 2009	9	May 2009 – July 2009	64.6	64.6
Walk the Wire	#2May 2020	9	May 2020 – July 2020	64.4	64.4
The Guilty	#2December 2015	10	December 2015 – February 2016	61.7	61.7
Simple Genius	#1May 2007	7	May 2007 – July 2007	61.3	61.3
Hell's Corner	#1November 2010	10	November 2010 – January 2011	61.1	61.1
Saving Faith	#5December 1999	10	November 1999 – January 2000	60.8	54.2
End Game	#3December 2017	11	December 2017 – February 2018	60.7	60.7
Simply Lies	#1May 2023	9	May 2023 – July 2023	59.3	59.3
Divine Justice	#1November 2008	10	November 2008 – January 2009	59.3	59.3
Long Road to Mercy	#2December 2018	11	December 2018 – February 2019	56.1	56.1
Hour Game	#1November 2004	6	November 2004 – December 2004	54.7	54.2
Daylight	#2December 2020	7	December 2020 – January 2021	52.1	52.1
Split Second	#2October 2003	7	October 2003 – November 2003	51.2	51.2
The Whole Truth	#1May 2008	6	May 2008 – June 2008	50.0	50.0
One Summer	#2July 2011	8	July 2011 – September 2011	49.9	49.9
Zero Day	#1November 2011	7	November 2011 – January 2012	47.4	47.3
Deliver Us from Evil	#1May 2010	6	May 2010 – June 2010	46.7	46.7
A Calamity of Souls	#2May 2024	8	May 2024 – June 2024	46.3	45.1
A Gambling Man	#1May 2021	7	May 2021 – July 2021	44.3	44.3
The Collectors	#2November 2006	6	November 2006 – December 2006	43.7	43.7
True Blue	#3November 2009	9	November 2009 – January 2010	43.5	43.4
To Die For	#1December 2024	7	December 2024 – January 2025	43.5	43.3
Long Shadows	#1October 2022	6	October 2022 – December 2022	43.2	43.2
King and Maxwell	#2December 2013	7	December 2013 – January 2014	42.6	42.6
Strangers in Time	#2May 2025	6	May 2025 – June 2025	40.2	38.9
The Edge	#3December 2023	7	December 2023 – January 2024	36.3	34.7
Nash Falls	#4November 2025	7	November 2025 – January 2026	33.2	32.8
Wish You Well	#5November 2000	6	November 2000 – December 2000	31.8	31.8
Hope Rises	#1May 2026	3	May 2026 – May 2026	28.7	28.4
Mercy	#2December 2021	6	December 2021 – January 2022	28.4	28.4