Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Richard Castle
Charting Nov 1, 2009 → Oct 4, 2015 · 14 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.87%
- week of Oct 16, 2011
- Career Power
- 70
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 27
- October 2011 – September 2012
- Peak Five Years
- 67
- October 2009 – October 2014
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 14
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Oct 9, 2011
- Comebacks
- 1
- October 2011
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Feb 28, 2010 | Oct 9, 2011 | 84 | 50 | 1.52% | 1.59% |
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
7 books · 70 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat Rises | #1 | 3 | 21.9 | ||
| Heat Wave | #6 | 5 | 19.0 | ||
| Deadly Heat | #8 | 2 | 7.3 | ||
| Raging Heat | #6 | 1 | 7.3 | ||
| Naked Heat | #7 | 1 | 6.3 | ||
| Frozen Heat | #8 | 1 | 5.5 | ||
| Driving Heat | #13 | 1 | 2.8 |