Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Dean R. Koontz

Charting May 11, 1986 → Jul 13, 2008 · 74 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 8.01%; week of Mar 31, 1991
Career Power: 581; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 12; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 151; March 1991 – February 1992
Peak Five Years: 541; April 1987 – March 1992
Top-five weeks: 33; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 74; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.63%; week of Feb 3, 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

8 books · 581 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
Cold Fire	#1February 1991	16	January 1991 – May 1991	147.3	147.2
The Bad Place	#1February 1990	15	January 1990 – May 1990	134.3	134.3
Midnight	#1February 1989	12	January 1989 – April 1989	105.7	105.7
Hideaway	#1February 1992	10	January 1992 – March 1992	98.8	98.8
Lightning	#6February 1988	11	January 1988 – April 1988	54.7	54.7
Odd Hours	#3June 2008	5	June 2008 – July 2008	28.5	28.4
Watchers	#13March 1987	4	February 1987 – March 1987	10.0	9.7
Strangers	#15May 1986	1	May 1986	2.1	2.1