Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Dirk Cussler

Charting Dec 19, 2004Nov 26, 2023 · 45 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
1.87%
week of Jan 23, 2005
Career Power
144
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
0
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
26
February 2004 – February 2005
Peak Five Years
69
January 2004 – January 2009
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
45
weeks with chart power
Dominance
6.32%
week of Nov 25, 2012
Comebacks
5
December 2006, December 2008, December 2010, December 2012, April 2019
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After declineMay 8, 2005Dec 31, 200685831.87%1.16%
After declineApr 22, 2007Dec 28, 200888861.87%1.23%
After declineApr 5, 2009Dec 19, 201089871.87%1.07%
After declineMar 6, 2011Dec 9, 201292901.87%1.05%
After absenceFeb 3, 2013Apr 14, 20193211191.87%1.06%

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

10 books · 144 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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
Black Windwith Clive Cussler#4826.3
Treasure of Khanwith Clive Cussler#5722.5
Celtic Empirewith Clive Cussler#3722.3
Arctic Driftwith Clive Cussler#3619.8
Crescent Dawnwith Clive Cussler#4614.8
Poseidon's Arrowwith Clive Cussler#2311.3
Havana Stormwith Clive Cussler#439.8
Odessa Seawith Clive Cussler#538.2
Clive Cussler's the Devil's Sea#914.8
Clive Cussler: the Corsican Shadow#1113.8