Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Jim Butcher
Charting Apr 22, 2007 → Feb 8, 2026 · 37 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.51%
- week of Sep 11, 2011
- Career Power
- 289
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 6
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 53
- September 2010 – September 2011
- Peak Five Years
- 170
- September 2006 – September 2011
- Top-five weeks
- 20
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 37
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Apr 26, 2009
- Comebacks
- 4
- December 2012, June 2014, August 2020, February 2026
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Dec 4, 2011 | Dec 16, 2012 | 54 | 54 | 3.51% | 1.59% |
| After decline | Feb 10, 2013 | Jun 15, 2014 | 70 | 70 | 3.51% | 1.59% |
| After absence | Sep 21, 2014 | Aug 2, 2020 | 302 | 137 | 3.51% | 1.38% |
| After absence | Dec 6, 2020 | Feb 8, 2026 | 270 | 155 | 3.51% | 1.58% |
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
16 books · 289 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost Story | #1 | 5 | 42.2 | ||
| Skin Game | #1 | 4 | 35.4 | ||
| Changes | #1 | 4 | 32.5 | ||
| Turn Coat | #1 | 3 | 29.7 | ||
| Small Favor | #2 | 3 | 25.8 | ||
| White Night | #5 | 4 | 20.1 | ||
| Cold Days | #1 | 2 | 17.7 | ||
| Peace Talks | #2 | 2 | 17.4 | ||
| Twelve Months | #1 | 1 | 14.5 | ||
| Battle Ground | #2 | 1 | 12.7 | ||
| Side Jobs | #5 | 2 | 11.1 | ||
| The Aeronaut's Windlass | #5 | 2 | 10.2 | ||
| Brief Cases | #5 | 1 | 8.4 | ||
| First Lord’S Fury | #7 | 1 | 6.3 | ||
| Princeps’ Fury | #13 | 1 | 2.8 | ||
| The Olympian Affair | #15 | 1 | 2.2 |