Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Jonathan Kellerman
Charting Oct 1, 1989 → Feb 22, 2026 · 179 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.43%
- week of May 14, 2006
- Career Power
- 1,003
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 3
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 83
- January 1997 – January 1998
- Peak Five Years
- 274
- January 1993 – January 1998
- Top-five weeks
- 49
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 179
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Apr 16, 2006
- Comebacks
- 4
- February 1992, October 2002, March 2012, March 2017
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Feb 4, 1990 | Feb 9, 1992 | 105 | 103 | 1.78% | 1.44% |
| After decline | Mar 4, 2001 | Oct 27, 2002 | 85 | 40 | 4.23% | 1.62% |
| After decline | Jun 6, 2010 | Mar 25, 2012 | 94 | 46 | 4.43% | 1.69% |
| After decline | Apr 27, 2014 | Mar 12, 2017 | 148 | 50 | 4.43% | 1.85% |
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
45 books · 1,003 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Clinic | #2 | 8 | 57.1 | ||
| Gone | #1 | 6 | 55.8 | ||
| Billy Straight | #3 | 8 | 54.9 | ||
| Bad Love | #5 | 9 | 53.6 | ||
| The Web | #5 | 9 | 49.0 | ||
| Self-Defense | #4 | 7 | 44.9 | ||
| Compulsion | #1 | 5 | 41.3 | ||
| Obsession | #2 | 5 | 41.0 | ||
| Devil's Waltz | #5 | 7 | 39.4 | ||
| Private Eyes | #6 | 8 | 36.8 | ||
| Monster | #8 | 8 | 33.1 | ||
| Survival of the Fittest | #7 | 8 | 32.3 | ||
| Heartbreak Hotel | #4 | 4 | 31.6 | ||
| A Cold Heart | #6 | 6 | 30.0 | ||
| True Detectives | #1 | 4 | 29.1 | ||
| The Murder Book | #5 | 4 | 26.7 | ||
| Victims | #2 | 4 | 25.5 | ||
| Therapy | #5 | 4 | 23.0 | ||
| Guilt | #4 | 3 | 22.8 | ||
| Killer | #3 | 4 | 22.0 | ||
| Silent Partner | #7 | 6 | 22.0 | ||
| Rage | #7 | 5 | 21.9 | ||
| Dr. Death | #7 | 5 | 21.9 | ||
| Deception | #4 | 4 | 19.6 | ||
| Bones | #4 | 3 | 19.5 | ||
| Flesh and Blood | #7 | 5 | 17.3 | ||
| Mystery | #3 | 2 | 13.8 | ||
| Breakdown | #6 | 3 | 13.5 | ||
| The Wedding Guest | #7 | 3 | 12.2 | ||
| Evidence | #6 | 2 | 10.5 | ||
| Night Moves | #6 | 2 | 10.0 | ||
| Motive | #7 | 2 | 10.0 | ||
| The Conspiracy Club | #9 | 2 | 8.6 | ||
| The Museum of Desire | #5 | 1 | 8.3 | ||
| The Murderer's Daughter | #7 | 2 | 8.1 | ||
| Twisted | #6 | 1 | 7.3 | ||
| City of the Dead | #7 | 1 | 6.3 | ||
| Unnatural History | #9 | 1 | 4.8 | ||
| Crime Scenewith Jesse Kellerman | #9 | 2 | 3.4 | ||
| The Ghost Orchid | #12 | 1 | 3.3 | ||
| Serpentine | #13 | 1 | 2.8 | ||
| Jigsaw | #13 | 1 | 2.8 | ||
| Open Season | #14 | 1 | 2.6 | ||
| Double Homicidewith Faye Kellerman | #12 | 1 | 1.6 | ||
| The Golem of Hollywoodwith Jesse Kellerman | #15 | 1 | 1.0 |