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Debbie Macomber

Charting May 15, 2005 → May 17, 2026 · 102 weeks with chart power

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Honours

Author of the Week

NYT Hardcover Fiction
3 crowns
20052026
First crown Apr 2013

Peak Power: 3.11%; week of Sep 17, 2017
Career Power: 557; share-weeks
Crowns: 3; weeks crowned Author of the Week

Peak Year: 70; August 2017 – August 2018
Peak Five Years: 240; September 2012 – September 2017
Top-five weeks: 26; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 102; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Apr 21, 2013
Comebacks: 1; Aug 2021

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction

43 books · 557 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
Cottage by the Sea	#3August 2018	6	August 2018 – September 2018	38.5	38.3
The Inn at Rose Harbor	#2September 2012	4	September 2012 – September 2012	35.2	35.2
Any Dream Will Do	#1August 2017	4	August 2017 – September 2017	33.3	33.3
If Not for You	#3April 2017	3	April 2017 – April 2017	24.9	24.9
1225 Christmas Tree Lane	#2October 2011	4	October 2011 – November 2011	24.4	24.4
Twenty Wishes	#3May 2008	4	May 2008 – June 2008	23.9	23.9
Starting Now	#1April 2013	3	April 2013 – May 2013	23.5	23.5
Susannah's Garden	#6May 2006	4	May 2006 – June 2006	19.2	19.2
Summer on Blossom Street	#4May 2009	3	May 2009 – May 2009	19.1	19.1
Sweet Tomorrows	#2August 2016	2	August 2016 – August 2016	19.0	19.0
Alaskan Holiday	#4October 2018	4	October 2018 – November 2018	18.4	18.4
Hannah’S List	#5May 2010	3	May 2010 – May 2010	17.5	17.5
Love Letters	#2August 2014	2	August 2014 – September 2014	16.9	16.8
A Turn in the Road	#4May 2011	3	May 2011 – June 2011	15.6	15.6
Silver Linings	#5August 2015	3	August 2015 – September 2015	15.5	15.5
Window on the Bay	#6August 2019	3	August 2019 – August 2019	15.5	15.5
Blossom Street Brides	#4April 2014	3	April 2014 – April 2014	15.5	15.5
Last One Home	#6March 2015	3	March 2015 – April 2015	13.5	13.5
Rose Harbor in Bloom	#3September 2013	2	September 2013 – September 2013	13.4	13.4
Back on Blossom Street	#8May 2007	3	May 2007 – May 2007	13.3	13.3
A Cedar Cove Christmas	#7October 2008	4	October 2008 – November 2008	13.3	13.3
It's Better This Way	#4August 2021	2	August 2021 – August 2021	12.7	12.7
A Girl's Guide to Moving On	#5March 2016	2	March 2016 – March 2016	10.7	10.7
Angels at the Table	#9November 2012	3	November 2012 – November 2012	10.3	10.3
Dear Santa	#6November 2021	2	November 2021 – November 2021	10.0	10.0
Merry and Bright	#8October 2017	2	October 2017 – October 2017	9.7	9.7
Christmas Letters	#12October 2006	3	October 2006 – November 2006	8.0	8.0
A Walk Along the Beach	#10August 2020	2	August 2020 – August 2020	7.3	7.3
Starry Night	#6October 2013	1	October 2013	7.3	7.3
The Perfect Christmas	#7October 2009	1	October 2009	6.3	6.3
Twelve Days of Christmas	#7October 2016	1	October 2016	6.3	6.3
A Christmas Duet	#9November 2024	1	November 2024	4.8	4.8
Jingle All the Way	#10November 2020	1	November 2020	4.2	4.2
Where Angels Go	#15October 2007	2	October 2007 – October 2007	3.9	3.9
A Mrs. Miracle Christmas	#11October 2019	1	October 2019	3.6	3.6
The Best Is Yet to Come	#11July 2022	1	July 2022	3.6	3.6
Mr. Miracle	#12November 2014	1	November 2014	3.2	3.2
The Christmas Spirit	#12November 2022	1	November 2022	3.2	3.2
Must Love Flowers	#12July 2023	1	July 2023	3.2	3.2
Chasing the Clouds Away	#14May 2026	1	May 2026	2.4	2.4
A Good Yarn	#14May 2005	1	May 2005	2.4	2.4
Call Me Mrs. Miracle	#14October 2010	1	October 2010	2.4	2.4
Dashing Through the Snow	#15October 2015	1	October 2015	2.1	2.1

At their peak

2017 in books →

Debbie Macomber's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from August 2017 to August 2018. The most powerful authors over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.