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Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

James O. Born

Charting Oct 8, 2017Sep 13, 2026 · 43 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
2.36%
week of Apr 5, 2020
Career Power
143
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Author of the Week
Peak Year
39
April 2019 – April 2020
Peak Five Years
106
September 2017 – September 2022
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
43
weeks with chart power
Dominance
7.26%
week of Mar 15, 2020
Comebacks
1
Aug 2022

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

10 books · 143 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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
Lostwith James Patterson#2520.8
The Russianwith James Patterson#1520.1
Blindsidewith James Patterson#1618.3
Hauntedwith James Patterson#4616.4
Shatteredwith James Patterson#3515.6
Ambushwith James Patterson#4415.4
Paranoiawith James Patterson#4310.4
Obsessedwith James Patterson#449.8
Delusionalwith James Patterson#428.9
Crosshairswith James Patterson#737.0

At their peak

2019 in books

James O. Born's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from April 2019 to April 2020. The most powerful authors over those weeks:

  1. 1Delia Owens691
  2. 2James Patterson240
  3. 3David Baldacci223
  4. 4Alex Michaelides187
  5. 5John Grisham171
  6. 6Stephen King151
  7. 7Ann Patchett145
  8. 8Jeanine Cummins131
  9. 9Danielle Steel121
  10. 10Elin Hilderbrand91

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 2010s, the 2020s.