Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Eric Van Lustbader
Charting May 11, 1980 → Jun 24, 2012 · 74 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.12%
- week of Aug 17, 1980
- Career Power
- 361
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 117
- October 1979 – October 1980
- Peak Five Years
- 166
- November 1979 – October 1984
- Top-five weeks
- 11
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 74
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Aug 17, 2008
- Comebacks
- 2
- September 1984, July 2007
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Dec 21, 1980 | Sep 23, 1984 | 196 | 165 | 5.12% | 1.95% |
| After absence | Dec 9, 1984 | Jul 29, 2007 | 1178 | 800 | 5.12% | 2.12% |
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
13 books · 361 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ninja | #4 | 22 | 117.3 | ||
| The Bourne Sanction | #2 | 7 | 60.6 | ||
| The Bourne Betrayal | #8 | 11 | 41.4 | ||
| The Miko | #8 | 9 | 38.8 | ||
| The Bourne Deception | #2 | 4 | 37.2 | ||
| The Bourne Legacy | #8 | 6 | 21.2 | ||
| Sirens | #13 | 4 | 9.6 | ||
| The Bourne Objective | #9 | 3 | 9.6 | ||
| The Bourne Dominion | #9 | 2 | 8.0 | ||
| French KISS | #11 | 2 | 6.0 | ||
| Shan | #12 | 2 | 5.1 | ||
| Jian | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| The Bourne Imperative | #12 | 1 | 3.2 |