Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Mary Higgins Clark

Charting Mar 26, 1978 → May 7, 2023 · 449 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 8.76%; week of Aug 11, 1991
Career Power: 3,300; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 50; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 300; May 1995 – May 1996
Peak Five Years: 1,018; January 1994 – January 1999
Top-five weeks: 199; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 449; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 15.64%; week of May 7, 2000
Comebacks: 6; August 1980, November 1984, July 1987, May 1989, May 1991, May 2017

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Dec 17, 1978	Aug 10, 1980	86	84	2.48%	1.00%
After absence	Nov 2, 1980	Nov 11, 1984	210	208	2.48%	1.46%
After absence	Mar 31, 1985	Jul 19, 1987	120	118	3.72%	2.16%
After decline	Jan 3, 1988	May 28, 1989	73	71	6.77%	3.13%
After decline	Dec 3, 1989	May 26, 1991	77	75	8.70%	4.25%
After decline	Jul 6, 2014	May 7, 2017	146	27	8.76%	3.12%

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

52 books · 3,300 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
Loves Music, Loves to Dance	#1May 1991	22	May 1991 – October 1991	206.6	206.6
While My Pretty One Sleeps	#1May 1989	21	May 1989 – October 1989	187.2	187.2
Moonlight Becomes You	#1April 1996	17	April 1996 – August 1996	145.0	142.5
Pretend You Don't See Her	#1May 1997	14	April 1997 – July 1997	138.3	138.3
Remember Me	#1May 1994	17	May 1994 – August 1994	133.4	132.8
Silent Night	#2October 1995	14	October 1995 – January 1996	131.4	131.4
All Around the Town	#2May 1992	18	April 1992 – August 1992	123.7	123.7
Let Me Call You Sweetheart	#2May 1995	15	May 1995 – August 1995	122.8	120.1
On the Street Where You Live	#1May 2001	12	May 2001 – July 2001	122.7	122.7
Weep No More, My Lady	#3July 1987	17	July 1987 – October 1987	121.5	121.3
You Belong to Me	#1May 1998	12	May 1998 – July 1998	113.3	113.3
Before I Say Good-Bye	#1May 2000	12	May 2000 – July 2000	112.2	106.7
Two Little Girls in Blue	#1April 2006	9	April 2006 – June 2006	105.0	105.0
We'll Meet Again	#1May 1999	13	May 1999 – August 1999	102.2	101.4
I'll Be Seeing You	#3May 1993	14	May 1993 – August 1993	93.1	93.1
Daddy's Little Girl	#1May 2002	9	May 2002 – June 2002	88.4	88.4
All Through the Night	#4November 1998	11	November 1998 – January 1999	80.5	80.5
The Lottery Winner	#5November 1994	14	November 1994 – February 1995	80.2	79.6
My Gal Sunday	#4November 1996	11	November 1996 – January 1997	73.5	73.5
The Second Time Around	#2May 2003	8	May 2003 – June 2003	72.5	72.5
I Heard That Song Before	#1April 2007	7	April 2007 – June 2007	65.9	65.9
Nighttime Is My Time	#3April 2004	8	April 2004 – June 2004	65.5	63.9
Just Take My Heart	#1May 2009	7	April 2009 – June 2009	57.0	57.0
Stillwatch	#4November 1984	11	October 1984 – February 1985	55.7	55.7
I've Got You Under My Skin	#1April 2014	6	April 2014 – May 2014	53.2	53.2
No Place Like Home	#1April 2005	6	April 2005 – May 2005	53.1	53.1
Where Are You Now?	#1April 2008	6	April 2008 – June 2008	50.7	50.7
I've Got My Eyes on You	#1April 2018	6	April 2018 – May 2018	49.4	49.4
The Lost Years	#1April 2012	6	April 2012 – May 2012	47.4	47.4
Daddy's Gone a Hunting	#1April 2013	6	April 2013 – June 2013	47.4	47.4
I'll Walk Alone	#3April 2011	7	April 2011 – June 2011	47.4	47.4
All by Myself, Alone	#2April 2017	6	April 2017 – May 2017	45.4	45.2
A Stranger Is Watching	#8May 1978	13	March 1978 – June 1978	42.7	42.7
The Shadow of Your Smile	#1May 2010	6	May 2010 – June 2010	41.3	41.3
Deck the Hallswith Carol Higgins Clark	#3November 2000	10	November 2000 – January 2001	40.0	79.9
As Time Goes By	#1April 2016	5	April 2016 – May 2016	36.2	36.2
He Sees You When You're Sleepingwith Carol Higgins Clark	#4December 2001	7	December 2001 – January 2002	27.3	54.5
Mount Vernon Love Story	#7July 2002	5	July 2002 – August 2002	19.6	19.6
The Cradle Will Fall	#10August 1980	6	July 1980 – September 1980	17.7	17.7
The Christmas Thiefwith Carol Higgins Clark	#5December 2004	7	November 2004 – January 2005	16.6	33.1
The Melody Lingers On	#6July 2015	3	July 2015 – July 2015	15.7	15.7
Santa Cruisewith Carol Higgins Clark	#8December 2006	6	December 2006 – January 2007	11.7	23.3
The Cinderella Murderwith Alafair Burke	#6December 2014	4	December 2014 – December 2014	7.7	15.5
Every Breath You Takewith Alafair Burke	#7November 2017	2	November 2017 – December 2017	5.3	10.5
Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories	#12May 2015	2	May 2015 – May 2015	5.0	5.0
All Dressed in Whitewith Alafair Burke	#7December 2015	2	December 2015 – December 2015	4.7	9.5
Dashing Through the Snowwith Carol Higgins Clark	#9December 2008	2	December 2008 – December 2008	3.6	7.2
KISS the Girls and Make Them Cry	#12November 2019	1	November 2019	3.2	3.2
You Don't Own Mewith Alafair Burke	#11November 2018	2	November 2018 – December 2018	3.0	6.0
The Sleeping Beauty Killerwith Alafair Burke	#11December 2016	2	December 2016 – December 2016	2.9	5.7
Where Are the Children Now?with Alafair Burke	#9May 2023	1	May 2023	2.4	4.8
Piece of My Heartwith Alafair Burke	#10December 2020	1	December 2020	2.1	4.2