Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Jack Higgins

Charting Aug 10, 1975 → Jan 18, 2015 · 199 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 8.90%; week of Jan 30, 1977
Career Power: 1,069; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 215; April 1976 – March 1977
Peak Five Years: 417; June 1975 – August 1980
Top-five weeks: 40; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 199; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 11.01%; week of Nov 14, 1976
Comebacks: 3; February 1987, February 1989, June 1997

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Jun 12, 1977	Feb 15, 1987	492	148	8.90%	3.34%
After decline	Jun 14, 1987	Feb 19, 1989	88	84	8.90%	3.40%
After absence	Jun 30, 1991	Jun 29, 1997	313	108	8.90%	3.18%

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 · 1,069 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
Storm Warning	#3November 1976	25	October 1976 – March 1977	214.7	214.7
The Eagle Has Landed	#6September 1975	32	August 1975 – March 1976	180.1	180.1
Night of the Fox	#4February 1987	14	January 1987 – April 1987	99.2	96.7
The Eagle Has Flown	#3March 1991	9	March 1991 – May 1991	71.5	71.5
Cold Harbour	#4February 1990	12	January 1990 – April 1990	57.9	57.9
A Season in Hell	#4February 1989	9	January 1989 – March 1989	53.4	53.4
The President's Daughter	#3June 1997	8	June 1997 – July 1997	53.0	53.0
Edge of Danger	#4March 2001	6	March 2001 – April 2001	36.1	36.1
Luciano's Luck	#8September 1981	9	August 1981 – November 1981	32.0	32.0
Touch the Devil	#8August 1982	8	August 1982 – October 1982	31.3	31.3
Eye of the Storm	#7August 1992	7	July 1992 – August 1992	25.1	25.1
Day of Reckoning	#9March 2000	5	March 2000 – April 2000	24.0	22.2
On Dangerous Ground	#7April 1994	6	April 1994 – May 1994	23.4	22.9
Solo	#9August 1980	7	July 1980 – August 1980	22.1	22.1
Without Mercy	#8September 2005	4	September 2005 – October 2005	17.9	17.9
Dark Justice	#8September 2004	4	September 2004 – October 2004	15.7	15.2
The White House Connection	#7June 1999	4	May 1999 – June 1999	15.1	15.0
The Killing Ground	#7March 2008	3	March 2008 – March 2008	15.0	15.0
The Wolf at the Door	#8February 2010	3	February 2010 – February 2010	11.9	11.9
Drink with the Devil	#13June 1996	4	June 1996 – July 1996	9.6	9.4
A Darker Place	#10February 2009	3	February 2009 – March 2009	9.3	9.3
Midnight Runner	#9April 2002	2	April 2002 – April 2002	8.0	8.0
Bad Company	#6July 2003	1	July 2003	7.3	7.3
Thunder Point	#14July 1993	3	July 1993 – July 1993	7.2	7.2
Rain on the Dead	#9January 2015	1	January 2015	4.8	4.8
Exocet	#14September 1983	2	August 1983 – September 1983	4.5	4.5
Rough Justice	#14September 2008	2	September 2008 – September 2008	4.5	4.5
Flight of Eagles	#15June 1998	2	June 1998 – June 1998	4.2	4.2
The Death Trade	#11January 2014	1	January 2014	3.6	3.6
The Judas Gate	#13January 2011	1	January 2011	2.8	2.8
A Devil Is Waiting	#15January 2012	1	January 2012	2.1	2.1
Confessional	#15July 1985	1	July 1985	2.1	2.1