Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Laurell K. Hamilton

Charting Oct 22, 2000 → Apr 9, 2023 · 66 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 2.72%; week of Aug 6, 2006
Career Power: 435; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 4; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 78; July 2006 – July 2007
Peak Five Years: 238; July 2006 – July 2011
Top-five weeks: 23; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 66; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Jun 15, 2008
Comebacks: 3; April 2003, July 2006, August 2018

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Feb 3, 2002	Apr 20, 2003	62	50	1.65%	1.38%
After decline	Jul 10, 2005	Jul 16, 2006	53	53	2.67%	1.38%
After decline	Aug 25, 2013	Aug 26, 2018	259	94	2.72%	1.20%

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

28 books · 435 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
Seduced by Moonlight	#4February 2004	6	February 2004 – April 2004	36.5	35.7
Blood Noir	#1June 2008	4	June 2008 – July 2008	27.9	27.9
Flirt	#3February 2010	4	February 2010 – March 2010	26.8	26.5
The Harlequin	#2June 2007	3	June 2007 – July 2007	26.5	26.5
Incubus Dreams	#2October 2004	4	October 2004 – November 2004	26.4	26.2
Skin Trade	#1June 2009	3	June 2009 – July 2009	25.4	25.4
Cerulean Sins	#2April 2003	4	April 2003 – May 2003	24.1	24.1
Hit List	#1June 2011	2	June 2011 – July 2011	20.0	20.0
A Lick of Frost	#2November 2007	3	November 2007 – November 2007	19.5	19.5
Danse Macabre	#4July 2006	3	July 2006 – August 2006	18.7	18.7
Bullet	#2June 2010	2	June 2010 – June 2010	18.2	18.2
Narcissus in Chains	#5October 2001	3	October 2001 – November 2001	17.5	17.5
KISS the Dead	#1June 2012	2	June 2012 – July 2012	17.3	17.3
A Stroke of Midnight	#6May 2005	3	May 2005 – May 2005	15.5	15.5
Swallowing Darkness	#3November 2008	2	November 2008 – November 2008	15.2	15.2
Dense Macabre	#2July 2006	1	July 2006	12.7	12.7
Serpentine	#3August 2018	1	August 2018	11.0	11.0
Mistral's KISS	#8December 2006	3	December 2006 – January 2007	10.8	10.8
Affliction	#5July 2013	2	July 2013 – July 2013	10.4	10.4
Strange Candy	#8October 2006	2	October 2006 – October 2006	9.1	9.1
A Shiver of Light	#5June 2014	1	June 2014	8.3	8.3
Divine Misdemeanors	#6December 2009	1	December 2009	7.3	7.3
Dead Ice	#7June 2015	1	June 2015	6.3	6.3
Sucker Punch	#7August 2020	1	August 2020	6.3	6.3
A Caress of Twilight	#10April 2002	2	April 2002 – April 2002	6.3	6.3
Crimson Death	#9October 2016	1	October 2016	4.8	4.8
Smolder	#10April 2023	1	April 2023	4.2	4.2
A KISS of Shadows	#14October 2000	1	October 2000	2.4	2.4