Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Dean Koontz

Charting Jan 24, 1993 → Jun 9, 2019 · 246 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 7.00%; week of Mar 10, 1996
Career Power: 1,682; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 18; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 156; January 1993 – January 1994
Peak Five Years: 485; January 2003 – January 2008
Top-five weeks: 97; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 246; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.93%; week of Jan 24, 1993
Comebacks: 5; July 2009, January 2011, September 2012, February 2015, August 2017

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Apr 13, 2008	Jul 5, 2009	64	26	7.00%	2.56%
After decline	Aug 23, 2009	Jan 23, 2011	74	26	7.00%	2.84%
After decline	Apr 17, 2011	Sep 2, 2012	72	39	7.00%	2.66%
After decline	Oct 28, 2012	Feb 15, 2015	120	33	7.00%	2.97%
After decline	Apr 12, 2015	Aug 6, 2017	119	74	7.00%	2.46%

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

40 books · 1,682 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
Intensity	#1January 1996	12	January 1996 – April 1996	106.4	106.4
Dragon Tears	#1January 1993	10	January 1993 – March 1993	99.6	98.1
From the Corner of His Eye	#1January 2001	11	January 2001 – March 2001	92.0	91.8
Sole Survivor	#1March 1997	10	February 1997 – June 1997	86.8	86.8
The Husband	#1June 2006	9	June 2006 – August 2006	83.1	83.1
The Darkest Evening of the Year	#2December 2007	9	December 2007 – February 2008	70.9	70.9
Seize the Night	#2January 1999	9	January 1999 – March 1999	70.5	70.5
Fear Nothing	#3February 1998	9	February 1998 – March 1998	69.8	69.8
Mr. Murder	#5December 1993	14	November 1993 – February 1994	69.1	66.0
One Door Away from Heaven	#1January 2002	8	January 2002 – March 2002	68.0	67.9
False Memory	#4January 2000	9	January 2000 – March 2000	62.3	56.2
By the Light of the Moon	#2January 2003	7	January 2003 – March 2003	56.0	56.0
What the Night Knows	#1January 2011	8	January 2011 – March 2011	52.0	52.0
The Face	#4June 2003	7	June 2003 – July 2003	47.6	47.6
Dark Rivers of the Heart	#7December 1994	10	November 1994 – January 1995	44.2	43.7
The Good Guy	#3June 2007	5	June 2007 – July 2007	39.7	39.7
Saint Odd	#3February 2015	5	February 2015 – March 2015	38.8	38.6
Velocity	#4June 2005	6	June 2005 – July 2005	37.7	37.7
Brother Odd	#6December 2006	7	December 2006 – January 2007	37.3	37.3
Odd Apocalypse	#2August 2012	5	August 2012 – September 2012	37.3	37.3
Forever Odd	#4December 2005	7	December 2005 – January 2006	35.2	35.2
Odd Thomas	#6December 2003	6	December 2003 – February 2004	34.9	34.4
Relentless	#1June 2009	4	June 2009 – July 2009	34.1	34.1
The Taking	#4June 2004	5	June 2004 – July 2004	31.9	30.9
The Silent Corner	#2July 2017	5	July 2017 – August 2017	30.2	30.2
Life Expectancy	#4January 2005	5	December 2004 – January 2005	28.5	28.5
77 Shadow Street	#1January 2012	3	January 2012 – January 2012	25.9	25.6
Breathless	#5December 2009	5	December 2009 – January 2010	24.3	24.3
Strange Highways	#10July 1995	7	June 1995 – July 1995	22.5	22.0
Your Heart Belongs to Me	#6December 2008	5	December 2008 – January 2009	20.5	20.5
Deeply Odd	#3June 2013	3	June 2013 – June 2013	19.4	19.4
The Night Window	#3June 2019	2	June 2019 – June 2019	15.2	15.2
The Crooked Staircase	#5May 2018	3	May 2018 – June 2018	14.9	14.9
Odd Hours	#1June 2008	1	June 2008	14.5	14.5
Ashley Bell	#12December 2015	5	December 2015 – January 2016	13.5	13.5
Innocence	#9December 2013	4	December 2013 – January 2014	13.1	13.1
The Forbidden Door	#5September 2018	2	September 2018 – October 2018	11.8	11.5
Frankenstein: Lost Souls	#7July 2010	2	July 2010 – July 2010	11.1	11.1
The City	#5July 2014	1	July 2014	8.3	8.3
The Whispering Room	#11December 2017	1	December 2017	3.6	3.6