Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Diane Mott Davidson
Charting Sep 28, 1997 → Sep 22, 2013 · 28 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.86%
- week of May 21, 2006
- Career Power
- 114
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 21
- May 2005 – May 2006
- Peak Five Years
- 61
- May 2004 – May 2009
- Top-five weeks
- 4
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 28
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Apr 30, 2006
- Comebacks
- 3
- Apr 2006, after 6 quiet years · Sep 2007 · May 2009
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
10 books · 114 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Tort | #4 | 4 | 21.3 | ||
| Fatally Flaky | #5 | 3 | 15.9 | ||
| Tough Cookie | #9 | 4 | 15.5 | ||
| Sweet Revenge | #6 | 3 | 14.6 | ||
| Sticks & Scones | #9 | 3 | 9.9 | ||
| The Whole Enchilada | #6 | 2 | 9.4 | ||
| Double Shot | #11 | 3 | 9.1 | ||
| The Grilling Season | #13 | 3 | 6.7 | ||
| Crunch Time | #7 | 1 | 6.3 | ||
| Chopping Spree | #12 | 2 | 5.6 |
At their peak
2005 in books →Diane Mott Davidson's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from May 2005 to May 2006. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Dan Brown487
- 2James Patterson311
- 3Nicholas Sparks258
- 4Elizabeth Kostova191
- 5Danielle Steel140
- 6Sue Monk Kidd132
- 7Maxine Paetro110
- 8Patricia Cornwell106
- 9Stephen King100
- 10Michael Connelly100
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.