Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Jayne Ann Krentz

Charting Jan 30, 1994 → Jan 25, 2015 · 52 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 1.90%; week of Feb 16, 2003
Career Power: 222; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 27; February 2008 – January 2009
Peak Five Years: 83; February 2001 – February 2006
Top-five weeks: 5; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 52; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 9.67%; week of Jan 18, 2004
Comebacks: 3; February 1997, February 2001, January 2006

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	May 21, 1995	Feb 16, 1997	91	89	1.19%	1.01%
After decline	May 17, 1998	Feb 11, 2001	143	53	1.29%	1.50%
After decline	Mar 28, 2004	Jan 29, 2006	95	57	1.90%	1.05%

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

22 books · 222 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
Light in Shadow	#6January 2003	5	January 2003 – February 2003	23.1	23.1
Sizzle and Burn	#4February 2008	4	February 2008 – March 2008	18.7	18.7
Lost and Found	#5February 2001	3	February 2001 – February 2001	17.8	17.8
White Lies	#4February 2007	3	February 2007 – February 2007	17.5	17.5
All Night Long	#6January 2006	4	January 2006 – February 2006	15.6	15.6
Smoke in Mirrors	#6January 2002	3	January 2002 – February 2002	14.5	14.5
Sharp Edges	#9February 1998	4	February 1998 – February 1998	13.9	13.9
Trust Me	#9February 1995	4	January 1995 – February 1995	13.3	13.3
Truth or Dare	#4January 2004	2	January 2004 – February 2004	12.5	12.3
Deep Waters	#9February 1997	3	February 1997 – February 1997	10.0	10.0
Running Hot	#8January 2009	2	January 2009 – January 2009	8.7	8.7
Fired Up	#5January 2010	1	January 2010	8.3	8.3
Grand Passion	#13January 1994	3	January 1994 – February 1994	8.2	7.9
Eye of the Beholder	#10May 1999	2	May 1999 – May 1999	6.9	6.9
Soft Focus	#12January 2000	2	January 2000 – January 2000	6.2	5.6
Copper Beach	#8January 2012	1	January 2012	5.6	5.5
In Too Deep	#9January 2011	1	January 2011	4.8	4.8
Dream Eyes	#10January 2013	1	January 2013	4.2	4.2
River Road	#10January 2014	1	January 2014	4.2	4.2
Flash	#13October 1998	1	October 1998	2.8	2.8
Falling Awake	#13December 2004	1	December 2004	2.8	2.8
Trust No One	#13January 2015	1	January 2015	2.8	2.8