Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Richard North Patterson

Charting Jan 31, 1993 → Apr 8, 2012 · 66 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 6.07%; week of Mar 21, 1993
Career Power: 383; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 99; April 1992 – April 1993
Peak Five Years: 225; April 1992 – March 1997
Top-five weeks: 20; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 66; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 11.20%; week of Feb 28, 1993
Comebacks: 3; February 1995, February 1997, September 1998

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Jul 4, 1993	Feb 5, 1995	83	81	6.07%	2.20%
After decline	Apr 30, 1995	Feb 9, 1997	93	51	6.07%	2.13%
After decline	May 25, 1997	Sep 27, 1998	70	68	6.07%	2.22%

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

15 books · 383 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
Degree of Guilt	#3February 1993	11	January 1993 – April 1993	99.3	98.3
Silent Witness	#3February 1997	10	January 1997 – March 1997	60.6	60.6
Eyes of a Child	#4February 1995	8	January 1995 – March 1995	46.0	45.8
No Safe Place	#4September 1998	5	September 1998 – October 1998	34.6	34.6
Dark Lady	#6September 1999	5	September 1999 – October 1999	30.9	28.4
Conviction	#4February 2005	4	February 2005 – March 2005	24.2	24.2
Exile	#5February 2007	4	January 2007 – February 2007	22.8	22.8
The Final Judgment	#10December 1995	6	December 1995 – January 1996	19.6	19.6
Protect and Defend	#9February 2001	5	January 2001 – February 2001	18.3	18.3
Balance of Power	#9November 2003	2	November 2003 – November 2003	8.4	8.4
Eclipse	#9January 2009	2	January 2009 – February 2009	7.5	7.5
In the Name of Honor	#11July 2010	1	July 2010	3.6	3.6
Fall from Grace	#13April 2012	1	April 2012	2.8	2.8
The Spire	#14September 2009	1	September 2009	2.4	2.4
The Race	#15November 2007	1	November 2007	2.1	2.1