Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Howard Roughan
Charting Mar 6, 2005 → Nov 2, 2025 · 52 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.58%
- week of Apr 17, 2005
- Career Power
- 217
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 74
- September 2007 – August 2008
- Peak Five Years
- 126
- August 2003 – August 2008
- Top-five weeks
- 5
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 52
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 7.33%
- week of Sep 30, 2007
- Comebacks
- 4
- October 2007, July 2013, July 2015, July 2017
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 24, 2005 | Oct 7, 2007 | 114 | 113 | 3.59% | 1.51% |
| After absence | Oct 26, 2008 | Jul 28, 2013 | 248 | 138 | 3.59% | 1.41% |
| After decline | Sep 22, 2013 | Jul 26, 2015 | 96 | 94 | 3.59% | 1.34% |
| After decline | Sep 6, 2015 | Jul 23, 2017 | 96 | 95 | 3.59% | 1.30% |
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
9 books · 217 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honeymoonwith James Patterson | #1 | 9 | 51.7 | ||
| Sailwith James Patterson | #1 | 9 | 39.8 | ||
| You’Ve Been Warnedwith James Patterson | #1 | 8 | 34.1 | ||
| Murder Gameswith James Patterson | #2 | 6 | 26.8 | ||
| Second Honeymoonwith James Patterson | #2 | 6 | 19.9 | ||
| Truth or Diewith James Patterson | #3 | 5 | 16.7 | ||
| Don't Blinkwith James Patterson | #2 | 5 | 15.1 | ||
| Killer Instinctwith James Patterson | #4 | 3 | 10.7 | ||
| The Picasso Heistwith James Patterson | #9 | 1 | 2.4 |