Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Philippa Gregory

Charting Dec 5, 2004 → Nov 2, 2025 · 44 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 3.46%; week of Oct 4, 2009
Career Power: 219; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 74; October 2008 – September 2009
Peak Five Years: 149; September 2005 – September 2010
Top-five weeks: 10; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 44; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 12.64%; week of Oct 5, 2008
Comebacks: 3; October 2008, September 2012, September 2016

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	May 27, 2007	Oct 5, 2008	71	71	1.95%	1.38%
After decline	Nov 28, 2010	Sep 9, 2012	93	49	3.46%	1.33%
After decline	Oct 21, 2012	Sep 11, 2016	201	57	3.46%	1.29%

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

15 books · 219 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
The White Queen	#2September 2009	5	September 2009 – October 2009	40.9	40.9
The Other Queen	#2October 2008	6	October 2008 – November 2008	39.5	39.5
The Red Queen	#2August 2010	5	August 2010 – September 2010	33.2	33.1
The Boleyn Inheritance	#10January 2007	10	December 2006 – March 2007	31.1	31.1
Three Sisters, Three Queens	#5August 2016	4	August 2016 – September 2016	15.7	15.7
The Kingmaker's Daughter	#4September 2012	3	September 2012 – September 2012	15.6	15.6
The Taming of the Queen	#6September 2015	1	September 2015	7.3	7.3
The Last Tudor	#6August 2017	1	August 2017	7.3	7.3
The White Princess	#10August 2013	2	August 2013 – August 2013	6.3	6.3
The King's Curse	#8September 2014	1	September 2014	5.5	5.5
The Constant Princess	#13January 2006	2	December 2005 – January 2006	4.6	4.6
The Lady of the Rivers	#10November 2011	1	November 2011	4.2	4.2
Tidelands	#13September 2019	1	September 2019	2.8	2.8
Boleyn Traitor	#13November 2025	1	November 2025	2.8	2.8
The Virgin's Lover	#15December 2004	1	December 2004	2.1	2.1