Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Jude Deveraux
Charting Aug 13, 1989 → Aug 22, 2010 · 52 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.07%
- week of Oct 1, 1989
- Career Power
- 213
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 62
- August 1989 – August 1990
- Peak Five Years
- 109
- October 1987 – October 1992
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 52
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of Aug 27, 1989
- Comebacks
- 3
- October 1991, October 1996, June 2001
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Sep 16, 1990 | Oct 13, 1991 | 56 | 54 | 3.07% | 1.28% |
| After absence | Dec 20, 1992 | Oct 13, 1996 | 199 | 197 | 3.07% | 1.34% |
| After absence | Dec 22, 1996 | Jun 3, 2001 | 232 | 151 | 3.07% | 1.49% |
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
13 books · 213 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knight in Shining Armor | #5 | 10 | 47.1 | ||
| Sweet Liar | #7 | 7 | 31.3 | ||
| The Summerhouse | #7 | 6 | 25.2 | ||
| Legend | #8 | 5 | 21.8 | ||
| The Duchess | #9 | 4 | 15.9 | ||
| Mountain Laurel | #10 | 4 | 15.1 | ||
| The Mulberry Tree | #8 | 4 | 12.7 | ||
| Wild Orchids | #6 | 2 | 10.9 | ||
| Lavender Morning | #7 | 2 | 10.0 | ||
| High Tide | #14 | 3 | 7.7 | ||
| Someone to Love | #8 | 2 | 7.6 | ||
| Temptation | #12 | 2 | 5.9 | ||
| Scarlet Nights | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |