Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
David Eddings
Charting May 3, 1987 → Nov 16, 1997 · 69 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 6.05%
- week of May 19, 1991
- Career Power
- 320
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 3
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 128
- December 1990 – December 1991
- Peak Five Years
- 266
- January 1987 – December 1991
- Top-five weeks
- 9
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 69
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Apr 21, 1991
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
13 books · 320 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 Seeress of Kell | #1 | 12 | 95.6 | ||
| The Sapphire Rose | #5 | 5 | 32.3 | ||
| King of the Murgos | #6 | 6 | 29.7 | ||
| Demon Lord of Karanda | #7 | 7 | 28.5 | ||
| The Ruby Knight | #7 | 5 | 27.3 | ||
| Sorceress of Darshiva | #7 | 5 | 19.9 | ||
| The Diamond Throne | #9 | 5 | 19.0 | ||
| The Shining Ones | #8 | 5 | 18.8 | ||
| The Hidden City | #8 | 4 | 15.9 | ||
| Guardians of the West | #12 | 5 | 13.7 | ||
| Domes of Fire | #13 | 3 | 7.7 | ||
| Belgarath the Sorcererwith Leigh Eddings | #9 | 4 | 7.2 | ||
| Polgara the Sorceresswith Leigh Eddings | #11 | 3 | 4.6 |