Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Lilian Jackson Braun

Charting Jun 2, 1991 → Jan 28, 2007 · 86 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 3.24%; week of Apr 17, 1994
Career Power: 401; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 58; February 1998 – February 1999
Peak Five Years: 168; March 1994 – February 1999
Top-five weeks: 10; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 86; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 12.64%; week of Feb 18, 2001
Comebacks: 2; March 1994, January 2006

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Dec 27, 1992	Mar 13, 1994	63	37	1.44%	1.38%
After decline	Apr 25, 2004	Jan 29, 2006	91	49	3.24%	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

18 books · 401 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 Cat Who Came to Breakfast	#6March 1994	9	February 1994 – April 1994	45.8	44.4
The Cat Who Sang for the Birds	#5March 1998	6	February 1998 – March 1998	37.6	37.6
The Cat Who Smelled a Rat	#2February 2001	5	February 2001 – March 2001	37.3	37.3
The Cat Who Brought Down the House	#3February 2003	5	February 2003 – March 2003	36.3	36.3
The Cat Who Went Up the Creek	#4February 2002	6	February 2002 – March 2002	30.7	30.6
The Cat Who Saw Stars	#6January 1999	6	January 1999 – March 1999	30.1	30.1
The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell	#3January 2006	5	January 2006 – February 2006	28.4	28.4
The Cat Who Said Cheese	#5March 1996	6	February 1996 – March 1996	27.1	27.1
The Cat Who Talked Turkey	#4February 2004	4	February 2004 – March 2004	19.0	18.7
The Cat Who Robbed a Bank	#9January 2000	5	January 2000 – February 2000	18.8	17.0
The Cat Who Blew the Whistle	#8March 1995	5	February 1995 – March 1995	18.3	18.0
The Cat Who Tailed a Thief	#9March 1997	5	February 1997 – March 1997	17.8	17.8
The Cat Who Moved a Mountain	#9March 1992	5	March 1992 – April 1992	16.7	16.7
The Cat Who Wasn't There	#11October 1992	4	September 1992 – October 1992	11.2	11.2
The Cat Who Went Bananas	#14January 2005	4	January 2005 – February 2005	8.4	8.4
The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal	#11June 1991	3	June 1991 – June 1991	8.1	8.1
The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers	#10January 2007	2	January 2007 – January 2007	7.3	7.3
The Cat Who Went Into the Closet	#15June 1993	1	June 1993	2.1	2.1