Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Lisa Gardner

Charting Jan 30, 2005 → Aug 23, 2026 · 53 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 2.53%; week of Mar 5, 2017
Career Power: 279; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 1; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 45; February 2016 – February 2017
Peak Five Years: 117; February 2015 – March 2020
Top-five weeks: 12; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 53; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Feb 19, 2017
Comebacks: 3; April 2011, March 2015, February 2022

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Apr 29, 2007	Apr 3, 2011	205	66	2.06%	1.28%
After decline	Jun 9, 2013	Mar 8, 2015	91	54	2.06%	1.06%
After decline	Apr 19, 2020	Feb 13, 2022	95	50	2.53%	1.04%

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 · 279 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
Right Behind You	#1February 2017	3	February 2017 – March 2017	27.0	27.0
Look for Me	#5February 2018	4	February 2018 – March 2018	25.8	25.8
Gone	#4February 2006	4	February 2006 – March 2006	23.6	23.5
Touch and Go	#4February 2013	4	February 2013 – March 2013	22.5	22.4
Find Her	#4February 2016	4	February 2016 – March 2016	21.9	21.9
Catch Me	#2February 2012	3	February 2012 – March 2012	18.7	18.6
One Step Too Far	#5February 2022	4	February 2022 – February 2022	16.2	16.2
Never Tell	#3March 2019	2	March 2019 – March 2019	15.8	15.8
When You See Me	#3February 2020	3	February 2020 – March 2020	15.2	15.2
Hide	#9February 2007	3	February 2007 – March 2007	12.9	12.7
Love You More	#5March 2011	2	March 2011 – April 2011	12.5	12.5
Crash and Burn	#7February 2015	3	February 2015 – March 2015	11.4	11.3
Before She Disappeared	#7February 2021	2	February 2021 – February 2021	9.5	9.5
Fear Nothing	#9January 2014	2	January 2014 – February 2014	9.0	9.0
Alone	#9January 2005	2	January 2005 – February 2005	8.0	8.0
Live to Tell	#10August 2010	2	August 2010 – August 2010	6.3	6.3
Say Goodbye	#12August 2008	2	August 2008 – August 2008	5.6	5.6
You'll Be Sorry	#9August 2026	1	August 2026	5.2	4.8
The Neighbor	#9July 2009	1	July 2009	4.8	4.8
KISS Her Goodbye	#10August 2025	1	August 2025	4.2	4.2
Still See You Everywhere	#13March 2024	1	March 2024	2.9	2.8