Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
John Sandford
Charting Apr 21, 1991 → May 3, 2026 · 256 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 6.49%
- week of Jul 1, 2001
- Career Power
- 1,841
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 21
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 114
- July 2000 – July 2001
- Peak Five Years
- 404
- June 2010 – May 2015
- Top-five weeks
- 119
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 256
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 15.41%
- week of Jun 4, 2000
- Comebacks
- 1
- May 1993
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Aug 11, 1991 | May 2, 1993 | 90 | 48 | 1.00% | 1.18% |
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
53 books · 1,841 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.