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Elizabeth George

Charting Jul 31, 1994 → Feb 6, 2022 · 66 weeks with chart power

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Honours

Author of the Week

NYT Hardcover Fiction
1 crown
19942022
First crown Jan 2012

Peak Power: 3.92%; week of May 5, 1996
Career Power: 371; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Author of the Week

Peak Year: 53; May 1995 – May 1996
Peak Five Years: 107; June 2003 – June 2008
Top-five weeks: 17; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 66; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.63%; week of Jan 29, 2012
Comebacks: 11; Apr 1996 · Aug 1997 · Oct 1999 · Jul 2001 · Aug 2003 · Apr 2005 · Jun 2008 · May 2010 · Jan 2012 · Nov 2013 · Apr 2018

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

15 books · 371 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
In the Presence of the Enemy	#2April 1996	8	March 1996 – May 1996	52.7	52.6
A Place of Hiding	#5August 2003	7	August 2003 – September 2003	43.2	43.2
Believing the Lie	#1January 2012	4	January 2012 – February 2012	38.4	38.3
With No One as Witness	#6April 2005	6	April 2005 – May 2005	30.3	30.3
A Traitor to Memory	#8July 2001	7	July 2001 – August 2001	30.1	30.1
In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner	#7September 1999	5	September 1999 – October 1999	25.5	23.1
Deception on His Mind	#8August 1997	6	July 1997 – August 1997	22.8	22.8
Careless in Red	#5May 2008	4	May 2008 – June 2008	21.8	21.8
The Punishment She Deserves	#2April 2018	3	April 2018 – April 2018	20.2	20.2
This Body of Death	#4May 2010	4	May 2010 – May 2010	19.6	19.6
Just One Evil Act	#2November 2013	2	November 2013 – November 2013	16.8	16.8
Something to Hide	#3January 2022	2	January 2022 – February 2022	13.8	13.8
A Banquet of Consequences	#4November 2015	2	November 2015 – November 2015	12.7	12.7
What Came Before He Shot Her	#7November 2006	2	November 2006 – November 2006	11.8	11.8
Playing for the Ashes	#11August 1994	4	July 1994 – August 1994	11.6	11.6

At their peak

1995 in books →

Elizabeth George's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from May 1995 to May 1996. The most powerful authors over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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