Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Jeff Shaara
Charting Jun 30, 1996 → Jun 11, 2017 · 47 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.68%
- week of Sep 15, 1996
- Career Power
- 175
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 42
- September 1995 – September 1996
- Peak Five Years
- 70
- August 1993 – August 1998
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 47
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 7.26%
- week of Jun 5, 2011
- Comebacks
- 4
- July 1998, August 2001, December 2006, June 2011
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Dec 15, 1996 | Jul 5, 1998 | 81 | 79 | 2.68% | 1.27% |
| After absence | Oct 18, 1998 | Aug 5, 2001 | 146 | 144 | 2.68% | 1.17% |
| After absence | Oct 21, 2001 | Dec 10, 2006 | 265 | 263 | 2.68% | 1.05% |
| After decline | Jan 7, 2007 | Jun 12, 2011 | 231 | 79 | 2.68% | 1.16% |
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
12 books · 175 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gods and Generals | #9 | 12 | 42.3 | ||
| The Last Full Measure | #8 | 7 | 27.9 | ||
| Rise to Rebellion | #9 | 6 | 19.8 | ||
| A Blaze of Glory | #7 | 4 | 17.0 | ||
| The Final Storm | #6 | 4 | 15.9 | ||
| The Rising Tide | #8 | 3 | 11.1 | ||
| A Chain of Thunder | #7 | 2 | 10.0 | ||
| The Smoke at Dawn | #8 | 2 | 8.7 | ||
| The Fateful Lightning | #11 | 3 | 7.8 | ||
| The Steel Wave | #11 | 2 | 5.7 | ||
| The Frozen Hours | #8 | 1 | 5.5 | ||
| No Less Than Victory | #11 | 1 | 3.6 |