Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Karin Slaughter

Charting Sep 3, 2006Aug 30, 2026 · 30 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
2.05%
week of Sep 23, 2018
Career Power
165
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
0
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
22
September 2016 – September 2017
Peak Five Years
61
September 2018 – September 2023
Top-five weeks
7
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
30
weeks with chart power
Dominance
12.64%
week of Sep 11, 2022
Comebacks
3
October 2016, September 2022, August 2025
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After declineOct 28, 2012Oct 16, 2016205641.38%1.07%
After declineDec 16, 2018Sep 11, 2022193562.05%1.38%
After declineDec 4, 2022Aug 31, 2025143512.05%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

21 books · 165 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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
Pieces of Her#3321.9
Girl, Forgotten#2216.3
Criminal#4315.0
We Are All Guilty Here#2112.7
The Good Daughter#7311.9
The Kept Woman#7210.5
Beyond Reach#629.7
The Secrets We Hide#519.2
After That Night#617.3
The Last Widow#716.3
This Is Why We Lied#815.7
False Witness#815.5
Triptych#914.8
Fallen#914.8
Cop Town#914.8
Unseen#1014.2
The Silent Wife#1014.2
Pretty Girls#1213.2
Undone#1412.4
Broken#1412.4
Fractured#1512.1