Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Robert Jordan

Charting Oct 6, 1991 → Apr 14, 2013 · 97 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 6.04%; week of Mar 16, 2003
Career Power: 572; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 6; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 100; April 2002 – April 2003
Peak Five Years: 243; November 2000 – November 2005
Top-five weeks: 28; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 97; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.69%; week of Oct 30, 2005
Comebacks: 6; June 1996, November 1998, November 2000, January 2003, November 2005, February 2013

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Feb 26, 1995	Jun 23, 1996	69	69	3.18%	1.41%
After absence	Nov 3, 1996	Nov 8, 1998	105	105	3.97%	1.58%
After decline	Mar 14, 1999	Nov 26, 2000	89	89	4.15%	1.58%
After decline	Apr 1, 2001	Jan 26, 2003	94	94	4.15%	1.58%
After decline	Apr 18, 2004	Nov 6, 2005	80	79	6.04%	2.82%
After absence	Feb 12, 2006	Feb 17, 2013	365	195	6.04%	2.40%

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

13 books · 572 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
Crossroads of Twilight	#1January 2003	12	January 2003 – April 2003	100.5	100.5
Knife of Dreams	#1October 2005	8	October 2005 – December 2005	57.1	56.7
The Path of Daggers	#1November 1998	7	November 1998 – December 1998	56.8	56.8
A Crown of Swords	#2June 1996	8	June 1996 – August 1996	56.0	54.8
Winter's Heart	#1November 2000	8	November 2000 – January 2001	52.9	52.9
A Memory of Lightwith Brandon Sanderson	#1January 2013	12	January 2013 – April 2013	49.0	97.8
NEW SPRING: The Novel	#3January 2004	7	January 2004 – March 2004	41.3	40.7
Lord of Chaos	#4November 1994	6	October 1994 – December 1994	38.9	38.8
The Fires of Heaven	#6November 1993	6	October 1993 – December 1993	35.7	34.2
The Shadow Rising	#7October 1992	5	October 1992 – November 1992	26.3	26.0
The Gathering Stormwith Brandon Sanderson	#1November 2009	8	November 2009 – January 2010	23.2	46.2
Towers of Midnightwith Brandon Sanderson	#1November 2010	6	November 2010 – December 2010	21.2	42.5
The Dragon Reborn	#11October 1991	4	October 1991 – October 1991	13.7	13.7