Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Mark Sullivan
Charting Mar 4, 2012 → Aug 14, 2016 · 28 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.24%
- week of Apr 15, 2012
- Career Power
- 120
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 46
- March 2012 – February 2013
- Peak Five Years
- 120
- August 2011 – August 2016
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 28
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 7.33%
- week of Mar 4, 2012
- Comebacks
- 1
- April 2016
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jun 22, 2014 | Apr 10, 2016 | 92 | 91 | 2.24% | 1.40% |
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
5 books · 120 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Gameswith James Patterson | #1 | 7 | 30.2 | ||
| Private L. A.with James Patterson | #1 | 5 | 25.0 | ||
| Private Berlinwith James Patterson | #1 | 6 | 23.6 | ||
| Private Pariswith James Patterson | #1 | 5 | 21.5 | ||
| The Gameswith James Patterson | #2 | 5 | 20.3 |