Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Julie Garwood

Charting Aug 1, 1993 → Jul 23, 2017 · 69 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 3.78%; week of Mar 14, 1999
Career Power: 421; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 41; March 1998 – March 1999
Peak Five Years: 152; November 1997 – October 2002
Top-five weeks: 22; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 69; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 13.03%; week of Sep 19, 2004
Comebacks: 5; February 1999, July 2000, September 2004, January 2007, August 2011

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Feb 8, 1998	Feb 21, 1999	54	54	2.39%	1.20%
After decline	Jun 6, 1999	Jul 23, 2000	59	58	3.78%	1.88%
After decline	Dec 15, 2002	Sep 19, 2004	92	92	3.78%	1.42%
After decline	Nov 20, 2005	Jan 21, 2007	60	59	3.78%	1.72%
After decline	Feb 28, 2010	Aug 28, 2011	78	78	3.78%	1.38%

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

20 books · 421 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
Ransom	#3February 1999	4	February 1999 – March 1999	41.4	41.4
Heartbreaker	#3July 2000	6	July 2000 – August 2000	40.0	39.3
The Wedding	#6August 1996	7	July 1996 – September 1996	33.6	32.9
Mercy	#4September 2001	5	September 2001 – October 2001	32.7	32.7
Shadow Dance	#5January 2007	4	January 2007 – February 2007	29.8	29.8
Murder List	#2September 2004	4	September 2004 – October 2004	28.0	27.3
Fire and Ice	#5January 2009	4	January 2009 – February 2009	21.9	21.9
Killjoy	#5October 2002	4	October 2002 – October 2002	21.6	21.6
The Ideal Man	#2August 2011	3	August 2011 – September 2011	21.4	21.4
Slow Burn	#3September 2005	3	September 2005 – October 2005	20.6	20.6
Shadow Music	#7January 2008	4	January 2008 – February 2008	18.6	18.6
For the Roses	#8September 1995	4	August 1995 – September 1995	17.6	17.6
Prince Charming	#9May 1994	4	May 1994 – June 1994	16.8	16.8
Come the Spring	#7November 1997	3	November 1997 – December 1997	15.9	15.9
Sweet Talk	#2August 2012	2	August 2012 – September 2012	15.8	15.8
Sizzle	#4January 2010	2	January 2010 – January 2010	15.1	15.1
Saving Grace	#10August 1993	3	August 1993 – August 1993	9.4	9.4
Hotshot	#6August 2013	1	August 2013	7.3	7.3
Fast Track	#6August 2014	1	August 2014	7.3	7.3
Wired	#7July 2017	1	July 2017	6.3	6.3