Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

David Ellis

Charting Apr 15, 2012 → Nov 3, 2024 · 49 weeks with chart power

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Peak Power
2.94%
week of May 21, 2017
Career Power
212
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
0
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
54
August 2013 – August 2014
Peak Five Years
121
May 2012 – May 2017
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
49
weeks with chart power
Dominance
7.31%
week of Apr 30, 2017
Comebacks
5
September 2013, April 2017, June 2019, May 2021, July 2022
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After declineAug 19, 2012Sep 1, 201354532.37%1.31%
After declineJan 31, 2016Apr 23, 201763622.37%1.50%
After declineAug 20, 2017Jun 30, 201997962.94%1.23%
After declineSep 29, 2019May 2, 202181792.94%1.28%
After declineJun 20, 2021Jul 24, 202257552.94%1.13%

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

9 books · 212 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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
The Black Bookwith James Patterson#1739.3
Guilty Wiveswith James Patterson#2630.0
Invisiblewith James Patterson#1729.7
Mistresswith James Patterson#2626.4
Unsolvedwith James Patterson#2624.9
The Murder Housewith James Patterson#1624.6
The Red Bookwith James Patterson#3415.7
Escapewith James Patterson#4413.0
Lies He Told Mewith James Patterson#638.5