Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Michael Crichton

Charting Jun 29, 1969 → Aug 25, 2024 · 280 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 10.10%; week of Jan 14, 1996
Career Power: 2,075; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 19; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 234; January 1969 – January 1970
Peak Five Years: 716; February 1992 – February 1997
Top-five weeks: 120; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 280; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 15.12%; week of Jan 23, 1994
Comebacks: 12; June 1972, July 1975, August 1987, January 1991, January 1994, October 1995, December 1999, December 2002, January 2005, January 2007, January 2010, July 2017

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Mar 29, 1970	Jun 25, 1972	117	112	8.35%	3.39%
After absence	Nov 26, 1972	Jul 27, 1975	139	135	8.35%	3.33%
After absence	Feb 15, 1976	Aug 23, 1987	588	323	8.35%	2.95%
After absence	Oct 11, 1987	Jan 13, 1991	170	164	8.35%	2.96%
After decline	Aug 30, 1992	Jan 30, 1994	74	73	8.59%	3.12%
After decline	Aug 14, 1994	Oct 22, 1995	62	60	9.73%	4.26%
After absence	Jun 8, 1997	Dec 26, 1999	133	130	10.10%	3.98%
After absence	May 7, 2000	Dec 29, 2002	137	135	10.10%	4.25%
After decline	May 11, 2003	Jan 16, 2005	88	85	10.10%	4.25%
After decline	May 15, 2005	Jan 7, 2007	85	82	10.10%	4.34%
After absence	Apr 1, 2007	Jan 10, 2010	145	141	10.10%	3.59%
After absence	Feb 14, 2010	Jul 2, 2017	383	279	10.10%	3.77%

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

19 books · 2,075 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 Andromeda Strain	#3October 1969	30	June 1969 – January 1970	233.9	233.9
The Lost World	#1October 1995	24	October 1995 – March 1996	230.2	230.2
Disclosure	#1January 1994	22	January 1994 – July 1994	206.9	200.6
The Great Train Robbery	#3August 1975	23	June 1975 – December 1975	184.2	184.2
Rising Sun	#1March 1992	21	February 1992 – July 1992	175.2	175.2
Airframe	#1December 1996	17	December 1996 – April 1997	159.1	159.1
Prey	#1December 2002	15	December 2002 – March 2003	127.4	127.4
The Terminal Man	#5August 1972	19	May 1972 – September 1972	123.0	123.0
Timeline	#4December 1999	17	December 1999 – March 2000	122.3	109.7
State of Fear	#2January 2005	13	December 2004 – March 2005	108.1	108.1
Next	#2December 2006	10	December 2006 – February 2007	83.4	83.4
Jurassic Park	#6January 1991	14	December 1990 – March 1991	66.5	66.0
Dragon Teeth	#2June 2017	7	June 2017 – July 2017	53.4	53.4
Sphere	#6August 1987	13	June 1987 – September 1987	48.9	48.8
Pirate Latitudes	#2December 2009	7	December 2009 – January 2010	48.2	48.2
Congo	#6February 1981	12	December 1980 – April 1981	44.5	44.5
Eruptionwith James Patterson	#1June 2024	10	June 2024 – August 2024	41.8	81.8
Micro	#6December 2011	2	December 2011 – December 2011	12.1	12.1
Microwith Richard Preston	#10December 2011	4	December 2011 – January 2012	6.2	12.4