Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

J. R. R. Tolkien. Christopher Tolkien

Charting May 6, 2007 → Jun 9, 2013 · 15 weeks with chart power

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Honours

Author of the Week

NYT Hardcover Fiction
1 crown
20072013
First crown May 2007

Peak Power: 5.49%; week of Jul 1, 2007
Career Power: 100; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Author of the Week

Peak Year: 92; July 2006 – July 2007
Peak Five Years: 96; May 2004 – May 2009
Top-five weeks: 6; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 15; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of May 6, 2007
Comebacks: 0; none detected

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

3 books · 100 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
The Children of HÚRin	#1May 2007	13	May 2007 – July 2007	91.8	91.7
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun	#10May 2009	1	May 2009	4.2	4.2
The Fall of Arthur	#10June 2013	1	June 2013	4.2	4.2

At their peak

2006 in books →

J. R. R. Tolkien. Christopher Tolkien's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from July 2006 to July 2007. The most powerful authors over those weeks:

1James Patterson315
2Mitch Albom312
3Janet Evanovich227
4Danielle Steel142
5Jodi Picoult118
6Nora Roberts118
7Khaled Hosseini109
8David Baldacci105
9Nicholas Sparks99
10J. R. R. Tolkien. Christopher Tolkien92

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 2000s, the 2010s.