Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Nora Roberts
Charting Mar 31, 1996 → Jun 21, 2026 · 229 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
28 crowns
19962026Longest 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 →
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.
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:
- 1Dan Brown334
- 2James Patterson309
- 3Patricia Cornwell174
- 4Nicholas Sparks158
- 5Danielle Steel153
- 6Nora Roberts138
- 7Dean Koontz118
- 8Mary Higgins Clark105
- 9Stephen King100
- 10Sue Grafton94
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.