Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Dick Francis

Charting May 25, 1980 → Sep 5, 2010 · 231 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 6.16%; week of May 25, 1986
Career Power: 1,362; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 140; February 1989 – January 1990
Peak Five Years: 504; January 1986 – January 1991
Top-five weeks: 60; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 231; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 12.64%; week of Apr 8, 1984
Comebacks: 3; October 1995, October 2000, October 2006

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Jan 23, 1994	Oct 22, 1995	91	45	6.16%	2.95%
After decline	Jan 11, 1998	Oct 22, 2000	145	50	6.16%	2.42%
After absence	Dec 3, 2000	Oct 29, 2006	306	304	6.16%	2.18%

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

27 books · 1,362 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
Break In	#2April 1986	13	March 1986 – June 1986	103.9	103.9
Bolt	#3April 1987	13	March 1987 – June 1987	97.9	96.8
Twice Shy	#3April 1982	16	April 1982 – August 1982	91.9	91.9
The Edge	#3March 1989	11	February 1989 – May 1989	87.8	87.8
The Danger	#2April 1984	13	April 1984 – July 1984	86.3	86.3
Longshot	#3November 1990	12	October 1990 – January 1991	82.8	82.3
Banker	#6April 1983	16	April 1983 – July 1983	81.8	81.8
Reflex	#5April 1981	15	April 1981 – July 1981	79.5	79.5
Hot Money	#3March 1988	11	March 1988 – May 1988	79.1	79.1
Comeback	#3November 1991	12	November 1991 – January 1992	71.7	71.7
Driving Force	#3November 1992	9	November 1992 – January 1993	58.4	57.4
Proof	#5March 1985	12	March 1985 – June 1985	58.3	58.3
Straight	#6December 1989	10	November 1989 – January 1990	52.1	52.1
Come to Grief	#4October 1995	7	October 1995 – November 1995	44.5	44.5
10 LB. Penalty	#5October 1997	7	October 1997 – November 1997	44.3	44.3
Decider	#7November 1993	8	October 1993 – December 1993	38.0	36.3
To the Hilt	#6October 1996	6	October 1996 – November 1996	36.5	36.4
Shattered	#5October 2000	5	October 2000 – October 2000	29.9	29.9
Under Orders	#3October 2006	4	October 2006 – November 2006	26.7	26.7
Wild Horses	#8October 1994	6	October 1994 – November 1994	25.2	25.2
Field of Thirteen	#7October 1998	6	September 1998 – November 1998	25.1	25.1
Second Wind	#8October 1999	5	October 1999 – November 1999	23.2	20.7
Whip Hand	#13June 1980	5	May 1980 – June 1980	12.3	12.3
Dead Heatwith Felix Francis	#3October 2007	4	October 2007 – October 2007	11.4	22.7
Silkswith Felix Francis	#4September 2008	3	September 2008 – September 2008	9.4	18.7
Even Moneywith Felix Francis	#9September 2009	1	September 2009	2.4	4.8
Crossfirewith Felix Francis	#11September 2010	1	September 2010	1.8	3.6