Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
J. R. Ward
Charting May 17, 2009 → Mar 8, 2026 · 36 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
5 crowns
20092026First crown May 2009
- Peak Power
- 2.36%
- week of Jun 6, 2010
- Career Power
- 247
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 5
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 51
- May 2010 – May 2011
- Peak Five Years
- 143
- May 2009 – May 2014
- Top-five weeks
- 13
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 36
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.65%
- week of Apr 15, 2012
- 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
23 books · 247 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lover Mine | #2 | 5 | 29.1 | ||
| The King | #1 | 3 | 23.2 | ||
| Lover Reborn | #1 | 3 | 22.2 | ||
| Lover Unleashed | #2 | 3 | 21.7 | ||
| Lover at Last | #1 | 2 | 20.9 | ||
| Lover Avenged | #2 | 3 | 19.8 | ||
| The Shadows | #2 | 1 | 12.7 | ||
| The Beast | #2 | 1 | 12.7 | ||
| The Savior | #3 | 1 | 11.1 | ||
| The Chosen | #3 | 1 | 11.0 | ||
| The Thief | #4 | 1 | 9.6 | ||
| Lover Forbidden | #5 | 1 | 8.3 | ||
| Lassiter | #7 | 1 | 6.4 | ||
| The Sinner | #7 | 1 | 6.3 | ||
| The Jackal | #8 | 1 | 5.5 | ||
| Lover Unveiled | #8 | 1 | 5.5 | ||
| Blood Fury | #9 | 1 | 4.8 | ||
| Rapture | #10 | 1 | 4.2 | ||
| Crown of War and Shadow | #11 | 1 | 3.7 | ||
| The Bourbon Kings | #14 | 1 | 2.4 | ||
| Devil's Cut | #14 | 1 | 2.4 | ||
| The Angels' Share | #15 | 1 | 2.1 | ||
| Possession | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |
At their peak
2010 in books →J. R. Ward's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from May 2010 to May 2011. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Stieg Larsson503
- 2Kathryn Stockett339
- 3James Patterson252
- 4John Grisham168
- 5Jonathan Franzen142
- 6David Baldacci108
- 7Ken Follett96
- 8Nicholas Sparks94
- 9Janet Evanovich84
- 10Lee Child84
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.