Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Marie Benedict
Charting Jan 27, 2019 → Apr 12, 2026 · 13 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.82%
- week of Feb 17, 2019
- Career Power
- 48
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 20
- February 2018 – February 2019
- Peak Five Years
- 39
- July 2018 – July 2023
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 13
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.26%
- week of Apr 12, 2026
- Comebacks
- 1
- Apr 2026, after 7 quiet years
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
5 books · 48 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 Only Woman in the Room | #7 | 4 | 19.5 | ||
| The Personal Librarianwith Victoria Christopher Murray | #8 | 5 | 9.3 | ||
| Daughter of Egypt | #5 | 1 | 9.3 | ||
| The Mystery of Mrs. Christie | #8 | 2 | 8.7 | ||
| The First Ladieswith Victoria Christopher Murray | #14 | 1 | 1.2 |
At their peak
2018 in books →Marie Benedict's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from February 2018 to February 2019. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1James Patterson302
- 2Stephen King243
- 3John Grisham193
- 4Danielle Steel163
- 5Lisa Wingate162
- 6David Baldacci161
- 7Delia Owens158
- 8Celeste Ng148
- 9Kristin Hannah145
- 10Nicholas Sparks138
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.