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Mike Lupica

Charting Jan 30, 2022Aug 16, 2026 · 24 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
1.79%
week of Mar 5, 2023
Career Power
87
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Author of the Week
Peak Year
33
November 2022 – October 2023
Peak Five Years
87
August 2021 – August 2026
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
24
weeks with chart power
Dominance
6.32%
week of Jan 29, 2023
Comebacks
1
Aug 2024

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

6 books · 87 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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
The House of Wolveswith James Patterson#2623.4
The Horsewomanwith James Patterson#4519.5
The Hamptons Lawyerwith James Patterson#2412.2
Hard to Killwith James Patterson#3311.1
The Country Road Murderswith James Patterson#5310.7
12 Months to Livewith James Patterson#539.7

At their peak

2022 in books

Mike Lupica's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from November 2022 to October 2023. The most powerful authors over those weeks:

  1. 1Bonnie Garmus557
  2. 2Barbara Kingsolver327
  3. 3Rebecca Yarros281
  4. 4Gabrielle Zevin251
  5. 5Stephen King237
  6. 6Emily Henry200
  7. 7John Grisham192
  8. 8Abraham Verghese164
  9. 9James Patterson159
  10. 10Ann Napolitano125

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 2020s.