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George R. R. Martin

Charting Feb 21, 1999Jun 16, 2019 · 128 weeks with chart power

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  • NYT Hardcover Fiction

    ChartReign #1
    7 weeksLongest run 2 weeks: Jul 31, 2011 Aug 7, 2011First: Nov 27, 2005
Peak Power
7.98%
week of Sep 25, 2011
Career Power
653
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
7
weeks as the top author
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
July 2011, November 2015, December 2018
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After absenceMar 19, 2006Jul 31, 20112792792.59%1.58%
After declineDec 9, 2012Nov 22, 2015153667.98%2.89%
After absenceDec 27, 2015Dec 23, 20181551487.98%3.69%

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

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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
A Dance with Dragons#186394.5
Fire and Blood#123169.0
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms#21046.1
A Feast for Crows#1531.9
A Storm of Swords#1225.9
Rogueswith Gardner Dozois#713.2
A Clash of Kings#1312.8