Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Johanna Lindsey

Charting Nov 12, 1995 → Jul 6, 2008 · 35 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 1.25%; week of Jun 13, 1999
Career Power: 116; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 21; June 1998 – June 1999
Peak Five Years: 67; August 1998 – August 2003
Top-five weeks: 1; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 35; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 7.26%; week of Jul 9, 2006
Comebacks: 3; June 1999, August 2003, July 2006

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Mar 3, 1996	Jun 6, 1999	170	52	1.23%	1.14%
After decline	Aug 13, 2000	Aug 10, 2003	155	63	1.25%	1.10%
After decline	Oct 26, 2003	Jul 30, 2006	143	55	1.25%	1.06%

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

14 books · 116 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
Love Me Forever	#7November 1995	4	November 1995 – December 1995	14.8	14.8
Joining	#9May 1999	4	May 1999 – June 1999	13.7	13.7
A Man to Call My Own	#10July 2003	4	July 2003 – August 2003	12.2	12.2
Captive of My Desires	#6July 2006	3	July 2006 – July 2006	12.1	12.1
The Heir	#9May 2000	3	May 2000 – May 2000	11.0	10.5
The Pursuit	#10April 2002	3	April 2002 – April 2002	10.2	10.2
The Present	#13November 1998	3	November 1998 – November 1998	7.2	7.2
Heart of a Warrior	#9May 2001	2	May 2001 – May 2001	6.9	6.9
Say You Love Me	#11November 1996	2	November 1996 – December 1996	6.8	6.8
A Loving Scoundrel	#10May 2004	2	May 2004 – May 2004	6.5	6.3
Home for the Holidays	#13November 2000	2	November 2000 – November 2000	5.5	5.5
No Choice but Seduction	#10July 2008	1	July 2008	4.2	4.2
Marriage Most Scandalous	#12July 2005	1	July 2005	3.2	3.2
All I Need Is You	#15December 1997	1	December 1997	2.1	2.1