Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

James Rollins

Charting Jul 16, 2006Sep 3, 2023 · 41 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
3.00%
week of Aug 2, 2009
Career Power
232
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
0
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
44
February 2009 – January 2010
Peak Five Years
113
July 2006 – July 2011
Top-five weeks
11
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
41
weeks with chart power
Dominance
12.64%
week of Jul 12, 2009
Comebacks
2
July 2011, February 2019
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After declineNov 1, 2009Jul 10, 201188753.00%1.20%
After absenceNov 16, 2014Feb 10, 20192191093.00%1.38%

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

17 books · 232 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
The Doomsday Key#2536.4
The Judas Strain#4526.4
The Devil Colony#3423.5
Bloodline#3321.4
Crucible#2221.0
The 6th Extinction#3320.1
Black Order#7419.2
The Eye of God#6314.8
The Last Oracle#7311.3
Kingdom of Bones#518.3
Altar of Eden#927.5
The Last Odyssey#617.3
Blood Infernal#1113.6
The Seventh Plague#1213.2
The Blood Gospelwith Rebecca Cantrell#812.8
Tides of Fire#1312.8
The Kill Switchwith Grant Blackwood#1012.1