Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Michael Ledwidge
Charting Feb 25, 2007 → Sep 18, 2016 · 88 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.79%
- week of Sep 9, 2007
- Career Power
- 371
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 105
- October 2006 – October 2007
- Peak Five Years
- 257
- September 2006 – September 2011
- Top-five weeks
- 5
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 88
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 7.41%
- week of Feb 25, 2007
- Comebacks
- 1
- March 2009
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Dec 23, 2007 | Mar 8, 2009 | 63 | 61 | 3.79% | 1.85% |
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
12 books · 371 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 Quickiewith James Patterson | #1 | 12 | 57.4 | ||
| Step on a Crackwith James Patterson | #1 | 11 | 47.1 | ||
| Run for Your Lifewith James Patterson | #2 | 9 | 41.0 | ||
| Tick Tockwith James Patterson | #1 | 8 | 39.8 | ||
| Worst Casewith James Patterson | #1 | 8 | 36.1 | ||
| Now You See Herwith James Patterson | #1 | 9 | 35.8 | ||
| Burnwith James Patterson | #1 | 5 | 22.2 | ||
| Bullseyewith James Patterson | #1 | 5 | 20.2 | ||
| I, Michael Bennettwith James Patterson | #2 | 6 | 20.2 | ||
| Zoowith James Patterson | #2 | 6 | 17.7 | ||
| Alertwith James Patterson | #3 | 4 | 16.9 | ||
| Gonewith James Patterson | #3 | 5 | 16.7 |