Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Michael Connelly

Charting Mar 22, 1998 → Jun 14, 2026 · 222 weeks with chart power

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Honours

Author of the Week

NYT Hardcover Fiction
13 crowns
19982026
Longest reign 3 weeks (Aug 2017) · First crown Jun 2005

Peak Power: 5.89%; week of Sep 10, 2017
Career Power: 1,477; share-weeks
Crowns: 13; weeks crowned Author of the Week

Peak Year: 138; September 2016 – September 2017
Peak Five Years: 375; November 2014 – December 2019
Top-five weeks: 79; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 222; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.82%; week of Oct 23, 2005
Comebacks: 2; Feb 2001 · Nov 2008

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

35 books · 1,477 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 Late Show	#1August 2017	7	August 2017 – September 2017	78.0	78.0
The Fifth Witness	#1April 2011	9	April 2011 – June 2011	64.4	64.4
The Burning Room	#2November 2014	9	November 2014 – January 2015	63.8	63.8
A Darkness More Than Night	#2February 2001	8	February 2001 – April 2001	60.8	60.8
The Wrong Side of Goodbye	#2November 2016	11	November 2016 – February 2017	59.8	59.7
The Lincoln Lawyer	#1October 2005	6	October 2005 – November 2005	52.5	51.9
The Waiting	#1November 2024	6	November 2024 – December 2024	49.9	49.4
The Law of Innocence	#1November 2020	7	November 2020 – January 2021	49.6	49.6
The Brass Verdict	#1November 2008	6	November 2008 – December 2008	49.2	49.2
Two Kinds of Truth	#2November 2017	9	November 2017 – January 2018	48.6	48.6
The Scarecrow	#1June 2009	6	June 2009 – July 2009	48.1	48.1
The Closers	#1June 2005	7	June 2005 – July 2005	47.7	47.7
The Overlook	#2June 2007	6	June 2007 – July 2007	47.6	47.6
The Narrows	#2May 2004	6	May 2004 – June 2004	46.3	45.0
Dark Sacred Night	#3November 2018	9	November 2018 – January 2019	44.6	44.6
The Crossing	#2November 2015	7	November 2015 – January 2016	43.1	43.1
Fair Warning	#3June 2020	7	June 2020 – July 2020	42.9	42.9
The Gods of Guilt	#3December 2013	9	December 2013 – February 2014	41.4	41.3
The Night Fire	#1November 2019	5	November 2019 – December 2019	38.8	38.8
Desert Star	#1November 2022	6	November 2022 – January 2023	38.7	38.7
Nightshade	#2June 2025	5	June 2025 – July 2025	38.5	38.5
Echo Park	#2October 2006	5	October 2006 – December 2006	37.5	37.5
City of Bones	#4May 2002	6	May 2002 – June 2002	35.8	35.8
Blood Work	#5March 1998	7	March 1998 – May 1998	35.7	35.7
The Drop	#1December 2011	6	December 2011 – January 2012	35.3	35.2
The Reversal	#1October 2010	4	October 2010 – November 2010	34.6	34.6
The Black Box	#2December 2012	6	December 2012 – January 2013	34.3	34.3
Lost Light	#3April 2003	6	April 2003 – May 2003	31.9	31.9
The Dark Hours	#2November 2021	6	November 2021 – January 2022	31.5	31.5
Nine Dragons	#3November 2009	5	November 2009 – November 2009	31.4	31.3
Resurrection Walk	#3November 2023	6	November 2023 – December 2023	29.7	28.4
Angels Flight	#9January 1999	6	January 1999 – February 1999	24.3	24.3
The Proving Ground	#2November 2025	3	November 2025 – November 2025	23.9	23.7
Chasing the Dime	#3November 2002	3	November 2002 – November 2002	21.0	21.0
Ironwood	#3June 2026	2	June 2026 – June 2026	15.5	14.2

At their peak

2016 in books →

Michael Connelly's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from September 2016 to September 2017. The most powerful authors over those weeks:

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