Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
George R. R. Martin
Charting Feb 21, 1999 → Jun 16, 2019 · 128 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
7 crowns
19992019Longest reign 2 weeks (Jul–Aug 2011) · First crown Nov 2005
- Peak Power
- 7.98%
- week of Sep 25, 2011
- Career Power
- 653
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 7
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 259
- July 2011 – July 2012
- Peak Five Years
- 444
- January 2011 – January 2016
- Top-five weeks
- 25
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 128
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Nov 27, 2005
- Comebacks
- 3
- Jul 2011, after 5 quiet years · Nov 2015 · Dec 2018
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
7 books · 653 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Dance with Dragons | #1 | 86 | 394.5 | ||
| Fire and Blood | #1 | 23 | 169.0 | ||
| A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | #2 | 10 | 46.1 | ||
| A Feast for Crows | #1 | 5 | 31.9 | ||
| A Storm of Swords | #12 | 2 | 5.9 | ||
| Rogueswith Gardner Dozois | #7 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| A Clash of Kings | #13 | 1 | 2.8 |
At their peak
2011 in books →George R. R. Martin's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from July 2011 to July 2012. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1James Patterson279
- 2John Grisham264
- 3George R. R. Martin259
- 4Stephen King233
- 5David Baldacci149
- 6Janet Evanovich128
- 7Nicholas Sparks122
- 8P.D. James106
- 9Stieg Larsson93
- 10John Sandford90
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.