Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
J. K. Rowling
Charting Dec 27, 1998 → Jan 20, 2013 · 97 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
57 crowns
19982013Longest reign 43 weeks (Aug 1999 – May 2000) · First crown Jun 1999
- Peak Power
- 29.00%
- week of Feb 13, 2000
- Career Power
- 1,648
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 57
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 1,289
- July 1999 – July 2000
- Peak Five Years
- 1,515
- July 1995 – July 2000
- Top-five weeks
- 68
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 97
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 31.04%
- week of Oct 10, 1999
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
4 books · 1,648 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | #1 | 57 | 647.4 | ||
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | #1 | 43 | 440.5 | ||
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | #1 | 82 | 426.7 | ||
| The Casual Vacancy | #1 | 15 | 133.1 |
At their peak
1999 in books →J. K. Rowling's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from July 1999 to July 2000. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1J. K. Rowling1,289
- 2John Grisham277
- 3Danielle Steel259
- 4James Patterson157
- 5Nicholas Sparks132
- 6Stephen King126
- 7Michael Crichton122
- 8Thomas Harris117
- 9Mary Higgins Clark110
- 10Nelson DeMille101
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.