Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Elmore Leonard

Charting Feb 10, 1985 → Mar 4, 2012 · 102 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 5.52%; week of Mar 31, 1985
Career Power: 483; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 110; June 1984 – June 1985
Peak Five Years: 248; June 1984 – June 1989
Top-five weeks: 13; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 102; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 12.64%; week of Mar 3, 1985
Comebacks: 5; February 1987, June 1988, September 1990, March 1999, March 2002

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Aug 18, 1985	Feb 1, 1987	76	74	5.52%	2.50%
After decline	May 17, 1987	Jun 19, 1988	57	53	5.52%	2.29%
After decline	Jul 16, 1989	Sep 2, 1990	59	56	5.52%	1.99%
After absence	Nov 24, 1991	Mar 21, 1999	382	208	5.52%	2.32%
After decline	May 9, 1999	Mar 10, 2002	148	72	5.52%	2.42%

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

17 books · 483 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
Glitz	#2March 1985	18	February 1985 – June 1985	109.8	109.8
Bandits	#4January 1987	10	January 1987 – March 1987	54.3	53.0
Maximum Bob	#3August 1991	8	August 1991 – September 1991	52.0	52.0
Freaky Deaky	#7June 1988	11	May 1988 – July 1988	47.6	47.6
Killshot	#6May 1989	8	April 1989 – June 1989	36.3	36.3
Get Shorty	#5August 1990	6	August 1990 – September 1990	30.1	30.0
Be Cool	#4March 1999	6	February 1999 – April 1999	29.5	29.5
Tishomingo Blues	#5March 2002	5	February 2002 – March 2002	27.9	27.6
Raylan	#7February 2012	5	February 2012 – March 2012	22.9	22.9
Cuba Libre	#8February 1998	5	February 1998 – March 1998	18.1	18.1
Mr. Paradise	#8February 2004	4	February 2004 – February 2004	12.6	12.4
Pagan Babies	#11October 2000	4	September 2000 – October 2000	11.9	11.9
Out of Sight	#10September 1996	3	September 1996 – September 1996	9.9	9.7
Rum Punch	#13September 1992	3	August 1992 – September 1992	7.0	7.0
Road Dogs	#13May 2009	3	May 2009 – June 2009	7.0	7.0
The Hot Kid	#14May 2005	2	May 2005 – June 2005	4.5	4.5
Up in Honey’S Room	#15May 2007	1	May 2007	2.1	2.1