Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
George R. R. Martin
Charting Feb 21, 1999 → Jun 16, 2019 · 128 weeks with chart power
Honours
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
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Mar 19, 2006 | Jul 31, 2011 | 279 | 279 | 2.59% | 1.58% |
| After decline | Dec 9, 2012 | Nov 22, 2015 | 153 | 66 | 7.98% | 2.89% |
| After absence | Dec 27, 2015 | Dec 23, 2018 | 155 | 148 | 7.98% | 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.
| 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 |