Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Michael Palmer
Charting Apr 17, 1994 → Mar 13, 2011 · 18 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.40%
- week of Apr 23, 1995
- Career Power
- 56
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 15
- May 1994 – April 1995
- Peak Five Years
- 31
- May 1993 – April 1998
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 18
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 5.16%
- week of May 7, 2000
- Comebacks
- 1
- April 1998
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 16, 1995 | Apr 12, 1998 | 143 | 140 | 1.40% | 1.11% |
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 · 56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silent Treatment | #9 | 4 | 15.3 | ||
| Miracle Cure | #9 | 5 | 13.9 | ||
| The Patient | #9 | 2 | 7.8 | ||
| A Heartbeat Away | #10 | 2 | 6.3 | ||
| The First Patient | #10 | 1 | 4.2 | ||
| Natural Causes | #15 | 1 | 2.2 | ||
| The Society | #15 | 1 | 2.1 | ||
| The Last Surgeon | #15 | 1 | 2.1 | ||
| Fatal | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |