Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Martha Grimes
Charting Sep 6, 1987 → Apr 25, 2010 · 38 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.16%
- week of Oct 15, 1989
- Career Power
- 157
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 43
- October 1988 – October 1989
- Peak Five Years
- 102
- April 1986 – April 1991
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 38
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of Sep 17, 1989
- Comebacks
- 3
- September 1989, March 1991, September 2002
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jan 10, 1988 | Sep 10, 1989 | 87 | 86 | 1.77% | 1.22% |
| After decline | Jan 14, 1990 | Mar 3, 1991 | 59 | 57 | 3.16% | 1.68% |
| After absence | Jun 23, 1991 | Sep 29, 2002 | 587 | 536 | 3.16% | 1.43% |
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
9 books · 157 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 Old Silent | #5 | 8 | 42.9 | ||
| The Old Contemptibles | #6 | 8 | 36.0 | ||
| The Five Bells and Bladebone | #8 | 7 | 23.2 | ||
| The Grave Maurice | #7 | 3 | 14.8 | ||
| The Old Wine Shades | #8 | 3 | 10.1 | ||
| The Blue Last | #11 | 3 | 8.9 | ||
| The Winds of Change | #11 | 3 | 8.0 | ||
| Dust | #10 | 2 | 7.8 | ||
| The Black Cat | #8 | 1 | 5.5 |