Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Robin Cook

Charting Jul 24, 1977 → Feb 23, 2014 · 181 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 6.46%; week of Apr 19, 1981
Career Power: 922; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 105; May 1980 – May 1981
Peak Five Years: 253; May 1993 – May 1998
Top-five weeks: 29; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 181; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 12.64%; week of Mar 22, 1981
Comebacks: 7; July 1979, March 1981, July 1983, March 1987, February 1989, February 1992, February 1994

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Feb 12, 1978	Jul 22, 1979	62	59	3.78%	1.40%
After decline	Sep 23, 1979	Mar 1, 1981	75	73	3.78%	1.57%
After decline	Jun 13, 1982	Jul 31, 1983	59	56	6.46%	2.45%
After decline	Nov 20, 1983	Mar 15, 1987	173	93	6.46%	2.32%
After decline	May 31, 1987	Feb 19, 1989	90	43	6.46%	2.38%
After decline	Apr 8, 1990	Feb 9, 1992	96	46	6.46%	2.59%
After decline	Mar 22, 1992	Feb 13, 1994	99	49	6.46%	2.93%

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

28 books · 922 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
Brain	#2March 1981	14	February 1981 – May 1981	105.1	105.1
Fatal Cure	#4January 1994	12	January 1994 – April 1994	79.2	76.4
Godplayer	#4July 1983	11	July 1983 – September 1983	67.8	67.8
Coma	#6September 1977	13	July 1977 – November 1977	64.6	64.6
Chromosome 6	#2April 1997	8	April 1997 – May 1997	60.4	60.4
Contagion	#4February 1996	8	January 1996 – March 1996	52.5	52.5
Outbreak	#4March 1987	9	February 1987 – April 1987	42.6	41.6
Mutation	#6February 1989	9	January 1989 – March 1989	42.0	42.0
Fever	#7April 1982	11	February 1982 – May 1982	41.5	41.5
Harmful Intent	#4January 1990	8	January 1990 – March 1990	37.8	37.8
Acceptable Risk	#6February 1995	7	January 1995 – March 1995	35.7	35.5
Mindbend	#9March 1985	8	March 1985 – May 1985	31.0	31.0
Blindsight	#5February 1992	5	January 1992 – February 1992	30.2	30.2
Mortal Fear	#10February 1988	9	January 1988 – March 1988	26.8	26.8
Toxin	#6April 1998	5	April 1998 – May 1998	25.2	25.2
Terminal	#6January 1993	5	January 1993 – February 1993	25.0	24.5
Vital Signs	#6February 1991	6	January 1991 – February 1991	24.1	24.0
Shock	#5September 2001	4	September 2001 – October 2001	23.3	23.3
Sphinx	#8July 1979	7	July 1979 – August 1979	22.4	22.4
Vector	#6March 1999	5	March 1999 – April 1999	22.4	22.4
Crisis	#3August 2006	4	August 2006 – September 2006	19.0	19.0
Seizure	#6August 2003	3	August 2003 – August 2003	12.4	12.4
Foreign Body	#9August 2008	3	August 2008 – September 2008	9.9	9.9
Marker	#9June 2005	2	June 2005 – June 2005	6.9	6.9
Critical	#11August 2007	2	August 2007 – September 2007	6.0	6.0
Cell	#11February 2014	1	February 2014	3.6	3.6
Cure	#14August 2010	1	August 2010	2.4	2.4
Intervention	#15August 2009	1	August 2009	2.1	2.1