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Charting Mar 31, 1996Jun 21, 2026 · 229 weeks with chart power

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Author of the Week

  • NYT Hardcover Fiction

    28 crowns

    19962026

    Longest reign 3 weeks (Oct–Nov 2004) · First crown Nov 2001

Peak Power
6.29%
week of Sep 10, 2006
Career Power
1,708
share-weeks
Crowns
28
weeks crowned Author of the Week
Peak Year
138
September 2005 – September 2006
Peak Five Years
405
October 1998 – October 2003
Top-five weeks
98
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
229
weeks with chart power
Dominance
20.56%
week of Nov 7, 2004
Comebacks
1
Oct 2004

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

51 books · 1,708 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
Angels Fall#1885.3
Carolina Moon#2862.9
River's End#2758.0
Tribute#1655.0
Northern Lights#1552.6
Whiskey Beach#1652.4
High Noon#2652.0
Shelter in Place#2651.2
The Villa#2649.2
The Search#1647.5
Chesapeake Blue#1546.7
The Obsession#1545.7
Three Fates#1542.7
The Collector#1541.8
Come Sundown#1541.8
Sanctuary#3541.1
Nightwork#1541.1
Black Hills#1541.1
Birthright#1540.4
Identity#1639.9
The Witness#2538.4
Blue Smoke#2538.2
Chasing Fire#1537.2
Midnight Bayou#1537.1
Under Currents#2536.1
Year One#3535.5
Homeport#4634.8
The Liar#2532.6
Montana Sky#3632.2
Legacy#1430.1
Hideaway#2529.7
The Awakening#6628.0
The Reef#4426.4
Carnal Innocence#7523.0
The Rise of Magicks#1322.8
The Choice#1321.4
First Impressions#10620.1
The Mirror#2319.5
Mind Games#3318.6
The Gift#5518.6
Of Blood and Bone#2318.2
Hidden Nature#2218.2
Inheritance#4316.0
The Seven Rings#2215.6
The Final Target#3215.2
The Becoming#2215.0
Gabriel's Angel#8514.6
Remember Whenwith J. D. Robb#4413.1
Hot Ice#1126.0
Two of a Kind#1524.2
Sacred Sins#1113.6

At their peak

2005 in books

Nora Roberts's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from September 2005 to September 2006. The most powerful authors over those weeks:

  1. 1Dan Brown334
  2. 2James Patterson309
  3. 3Patricia Cornwell174
  4. 4Nicholas Sparks158
  5. 5Danielle Steel153
  6. 6Nora Roberts138
  7. 7Dean Koontz118
  8. 8Mary Higgins Clark105
  9. 9Stephen King100
  10. 10Sue Grafton94

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.