Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
S. M. Stirling
Charting Sep 13, 2009 → Sep 23, 2012 · 4 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 0.35%
- week of Sep 25, 2011
- Career Power
- 12
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 3
- October 2009 – September 2010
- Peak Five Years
- 12
- October 2007 – September 2012
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 4
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.16%
- week of Sep 26, 2010
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
4 books · 12 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 High King of Montival | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| The Tears of the Sun | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| The Sword of the Lady | #13 | 1 | 2.8 | ||
| Lord of Mountains | #13 | 1 | 2.8 |
At their peak
2009 in books →S. M. Stirling's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from October 2009 to September 2010. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Kathryn Stockett542
- 2Dan Brown318
- 3Stieg Larsson260
- 4James Patterson242
- 5Charlaine Harris125
- 6Nicholas Sparks125
- 7Stephen King94
- 8David Baldacci90
- 9Jodi Picoult81
- 10John Grisham70
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.