Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Iris Johansen

Charting Sep 19, 1999 → Apr 14, 2019 · 72 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 2.63%; week of Jul 8, 2001
Career Power: 331; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 53; May 2001 – May 2002
Peak Five Years: 165; June 2001 – June 2006
Top-five weeks: 8; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 72; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 11.01%; week of Jun 24, 2001
Comebacks: 2; May 2008, July 2011

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Apr 8, 2007	May 18, 2008	58	30	2.63%	1.00%
After decline	Jun 15, 2008	Jul 31, 2011	163	25	2.63%	1.17%

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

32 books · 331 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
Final Target	#3June 2001	4	June 2001 – July 2001	29.6	29.6
Body of Lies	#5April 2002	4	April 2002 – May 2002	23.6	23.5
The Search	#9June 2000	5	June 2000 – July 2000	21.6	20.4
On the Run	#6January 2006	5	January 2006 – February 2006	20.3	20.3
Firestorm	#6April 2004	4	April 2004 – May 2004	19.4	19.0
Stalemate	#8January 2007	4	January 2007 – February 2007	18.2	18.2
Fatal Tide	#5September 2003	3	September 2003 – October 2003	16.6	16.6
Dead Aim	#6April 2003	4	April 2003 – May 2003	16.5	16.5
Countdown	#6May 2005	3	May 2005 – June 2005	14.8	14.8
Bonnie	#3November 2011	2	November 2011 – November 2011	14.2	14.2
Killer Dreams	#8June 2006	3	June 2006 – July 2006	11.2	11.2
Blind Alley	#11October 2004	3	October 2004 – October 2004	9.5	9.4
Quicksand	#7May 2008	2	May 2008 – May 2008	9.5	9.5
Pandora’S Daughter	#8November 2007	2	November 2007 – November 2007	9.1	9.1
The Killing Game	#9September 1999	2	September 1999 – September 1999	9.1	8.4
Eve	#7May 2011	2	May 2011 – May 2011	9.1	9.1
No One to Trust	#9October 2002	2	October 2002 – October 2002	9.0	9.0
Quinn	#5July 2011	1	July 2011	8.3	8.3
Taking Eve	#5May 2013	1	May 2013	8.3	8.3
What Doesn't Kill You	#7May 2012	2	May 2012 – May 2012	8.1	8.1
Eight Days to Live	#9May 2010	2	May 2010 – May 2010	7.2	7.2
Dark Summer	#10November 2008	2	November 2008 – November 2008	6.3	6.3
Deadlock	#8May 2009	1	May 2009	5.5	5.5
Silencing Eve	#9October 2013	1	October 2013	4.8	4.8
Blood Game	#11November 2009	1	November 2009	3.6	3.6
Live to See Tomorrow	#11May 2014	1	May 2014	3.6	3.6
Chasing the Night	#13November 2010	1	November 2010	2.8	2.8
Sleep No More	#13November 2012	1	November 2012	2.8	2.8
Hunting Eve	#13August 2013	1	August 2013	2.8	2.8
Dark Tribute	#15April 2019	1	April 2019	2.1	2.1
Close Your Eyeswith Roy Johansen	#10August 2012	1	August 2012	2.1	4.2
Silent Thunderwith Roy Johansen	#15July 2008	1	July 2008	1.0	2.1