Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Elizabeth George
Charting Jul 31, 1994 → Feb 6, 2022 · 66 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.92%
- week of May 5, 1996
- Career Power
- 371
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks as the top author
- 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
- April 1996, August 1997, October 1999, July 2001, August 2003, April 2005, June 2008, May 2010, January 2012, November 2013, April 2018
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Nov 13, 1994 | Apr 7, 1996 | 73 | 71 | 1.07% | 2.20% |
| After decline | Aug 4, 1996 | Aug 10, 1997 | 53 | 50 | 3.92% | 1.57% |
| After decline | Oct 5, 1997 | Oct 3, 1999 | 104 | 102 | 3.92% | 1.54% |
| After decline | Dec 5, 1999 | Jul 29, 2001 | 86 | 84 | 3.92% | 1.61% |
| After decline | Oct 21, 2001 | Aug 24, 2003 | 95 | 94 | 3.92% | 1.62% |
| After decline | Dec 14, 2003 | Apr 10, 2005 | 68 | 67 | 3.92% | 1.50% |
| After decline | Jul 3, 2005 | Jun 1, 2008 | 151 | 78 | 3.92% | 1.41% |
| After decline | Jul 27, 2008 | May 16, 2010 | 94 | 93 | 3.92% | 1.53% |
| After decline | Jul 4, 2010 | Jan 29, 2012 | 82 | 82 | 3.92% | 1.60% |
| After decline | May 6, 2012 | Nov 3, 2013 | 78 | 78 | 3.92% | 1.38% |
| After absence | Dec 15, 2013 | Apr 8, 2018 | 223 | 122 | 3.92% | 1.38% |
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
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 | #2 | 8 | 52.7 | ||
| A Place of Hiding | #5 | 7 | 43.2 | ||
| Believing the Lie | #1 | 4 | 38.4 | ||
| With No One as Witness | #6 | 6 | 30.3 | ||
| A Traitor to Memory | #8 | 7 | 30.1 | ||
| In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner | #7 | 5 | 25.5 | ||
| Deception on His Mind | #8 | 6 | 22.8 | ||
| Careless in Red | #5 | 4 | 21.8 | ||
| The Punishment She Deserves | #2 | 3 | 20.2 | ||
| This Body of Death | #4 | 4 | 19.6 | ||
| Just One Evil Act | #2 | 2 | 16.8 | ||
| Something to Hide | #3 | 2 | 13.8 | ||
| A Banquet of Consequences | #4 | 2 | 12.7 | ||
| What Came Before He Shot Her | #7 | 2 | 11.8 | ||
| Playing for the Ashes | #11 | 4 | 11.6 |