Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Dirk Cussler
Charting Dec 19, 2004 → Nov 26, 2023 · 45 weeks with chart power
- 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
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | May 8, 2005 | Dec 31, 2006 | 85 | 83 | 1.87% | 1.16% |
| After decline | Apr 22, 2007 | Dec 28, 2008 | 88 | 86 | 1.87% | 1.23% |
| After decline | Apr 5, 2009 | Dec 19, 2010 | 89 | 87 | 1.87% | 1.07% |
| After decline | Mar 6, 2011 | Dec 9, 2012 | 92 | 90 | 1.87% | 1.05% |
| After absence | Feb 3, 2013 | Apr 14, 2019 | 321 | 119 | 1.87% | 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.
| Title | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Windwith Clive Cussler | #4 | 8 | 26.3 | ||
| Treasure of Khanwith Clive Cussler | #5 | 7 | 22.5 | ||
| Celtic Empirewith Clive Cussler | #3 | 7 | 22.3 | ||
| Arctic Driftwith Clive Cussler | #3 | 6 | 19.8 | ||
| Crescent Dawnwith Clive Cussler | #4 | 6 | 14.8 | ||
| Poseidon's Arrowwith Clive Cussler | #2 | 3 | 11.3 | ||
| Havana Stormwith Clive Cussler | #4 | 3 | 9.8 | ||
| Odessa Seawith Clive Cussler | #5 | 3 | 8.2 | ||
| Clive Cussler's the Devil's Sea | #9 | 1 | 4.8 | ||
| Clive Cussler: the Corsican Shadow | #11 | 1 | 3.8 |