Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Nelson DeMille

Charting May 8, 1988 → Nov 16, 2025 · 146 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 8.83%; week of Sep 7, 1997
Career Power: 959; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 10; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 191; October 1996 – October 1997
Peak Five Years: 378; April 1997 – April 2002
Top-five weeks: 56; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 146; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Jun 15, 1997
Comebacks: 12; November 1992, November 1994, June 1997, February 2000, March 2002, January 2005, December 2006, December 2008, July 2010, November 2012, July 2015, October 2017

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Oct 7, 1990	Nov 29, 1992	112	111	2.01%	1.15%
After decline	May 23, 1993	Nov 20, 1994	78	75	4.36%	1.70%
After absence	Jan 15, 1995	Jun 15, 1997	126	125	4.36%	2.05%
After absence	Dec 28, 1997	Feb 6, 2000	110	108	8.83%	3.22%
After decline	Jun 11, 2000	Mar 3, 2002	90	88	8.83%	3.74%
After absence	Jun 9, 2002	Jan 2, 2005	133	130	8.83%	3.15%
After decline	Apr 10, 2005	Dec 24, 2006	88	84	8.83%	3.20%
After decline	Feb 25, 2007	Dec 7, 2008	93	90	8.83%	3.26%
After decline	Feb 1, 2009	Jul 18, 2010	76	73	8.83%	3.34%
After absence	Sep 12, 2010	Nov 18, 2012	114	112	8.83%	3.53%
After decline	Jan 13, 2013	Jul 5, 2015	129	83	8.83%	3.34%
After absence	Aug 16, 2015	Oct 29, 2017	113	110	8.83%	3.36%

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 · 959 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
Plum Island	#1June 1997	20	June 1997 – October 1997	190.7	190.7
The Lion's Game	#3January 2000	14	January 2000 – April 2000	101.4	92.4
Up Country	#2February 2002	9	February 2002 – April 2002	85.8	85.0
The General's Daughter	#5December 1992	16	November 1992 – March 1993	81.2	79.3
Night Fall	#1December 2004	10	December 2004 – February 2005	72.0	72.0
Wild Fire	#2November 2006	10	November 2006 – January 2007	55.6	55.6
The Lion	#2June 2010	8	June 2010 – August 2010	51.7	51.7
The Panther	#1November 2012	6	November 2012 – December 2012	50.9	50.9
The Gate House	#1November 2008	9	November 2008 – January 2009	50.0	50.0
The Cuban Affair	#1October 2017	6	October 2017 – November 2017	44.5	44.5
Radiant Angel	#1June 2015	6	June 2015 – July 2015	43.3	43.3
The Quest	#2October 2013	5	October 2013 – November 2013	35.4	35.4
The Gold Coast	#9May 1990	11	April 1990 – July 1990	33.3	33.3
Spencerville	#8November 1994	6	October 1994 – December 1994	24.8	24.8
The Maze	#3October 2022	3	October 2022 – November 2022	20.1	20.1
The Charm School	#14May 1988	3	May 1988 – July 1988	6.9	6.9
Blood Lineswith Alex DeMille	#5October 2023	2	October 2023 – November 2023	5.6	11.1
The Deserterwith Alex DeMille	#4November 2019	1	November 2019	4.8	9.6
The Tin Menwith Alex DeMille	#13November 2025	1	November 2025	1.4	2.8