Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
J. R. Ward
Charting May 17, 2009 → Mar 8, 2026 · 36 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.36%
- week of Jun 6, 2010
- Career Power
- 247
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 5
- weeks as the top author
- 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 (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
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 |