Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Sandra Brown
Charting Aug 11, 1991 → Apr 5, 2026 · 194 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.35%
- week of Aug 17, 1997
- Career Power
- 1,269
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 6
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 119
- April 2000 – April 2001
- Peak Five Years
- 417
- May 1997 – April 2002
- Top-five weeks
- 66
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 194
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 15.30%
- week of Sep 19, 1999
- Comebacks
- 1
- September 2016
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Nov 25, 2012 | Sep 11, 2016 | 196 | 49 | 5.35% | 2.61% |
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
45 books · 1,269 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fat Tuesday | #2 | 12 | 85.3 | ||
| Exclusive | #3 | 10 | 63.7 | ||
| Envy | #2 | 7 | 60.4 | ||
| The Switch | #2 | 6 | 59.5 | ||
| The Alibi | #1 | 7 | 55.4 | ||
| Ricochet | #2 | 6 | 53.4 | ||
| The Witness | #5 | 11 | 53.0 | ||
| Tailspin | #1 | 5 | 47.8 | ||
| Unspeakable | #3 | 8 | 47.8 | ||
| Chill Factor | #1 | 6 | 46.4 | ||
| Play Dirty | #2 | 5 | 42.1 | ||
| White Hot | #2 | 4 | 39.1 | ||
| Smoke Screen | #1 | 5 | 38.9 | ||
| Seeing Red | #1 | 4 | 35.5 | ||
| Lethal | #2 | 4 | 33.8 | ||
| Sting | #2 | 4 | 32.8 | ||
| French Silk | #6 | 7 | 32.6 | ||
| Riley in the Morning | #3 | 4 | 30.7 | ||
| The Crush | #4 | 4 | 29.4 | ||
| Tough Customer | #2 | 4 | 29.0 | ||
| Standoff | #7 | 5 | 25.1 | ||
| Send No Flowers | #4 | 4 | 24.3 | ||
| Smash Cut | #2 | 4 | 23.9 | ||
| Hello, Darkness | #5 | 4 | 22.2 | ||
| Low Pressure | #5 | 4 | 21.6 | ||
| Outfox | #5 | 4 | 19.9 | ||
| Overkill | #3 | 3 | 19.7 | ||
| Mean Streak | #5 | 3 | 18.9 | ||
| Thick as Thieves | #3 | 3 | 18.8 | ||
| Charade | #10 | 5 | 16.6 | ||
| Friction | #4 | 2 | 15.1 | ||
| Thursday's Child | #7 | 3 | 14.6 | ||
| Texas! Sage | #11 | 5 | 14.4 | ||
| Where There's Smoke | #6 | 4 | 14.2 | ||
| Out of Nowhere | #4 | 2 | 12.7 | ||
| Blind Tiger | #5 | 2 | 12.5 | ||
| Blood Moon | #5 | 2 | 11.9 | ||
| Bloodlust | #3 | 1 | 11.5 | ||
| Deadline | #7 | 2 | 10.0 | ||
| The Silken Web | #12 | 3 | 8.0 | ||
| Tidings of Great Joy | #13 | 2 | 5.2 | ||
| The Devil's Own | #11 | 1 | 3.6 | ||
| Sunny Chandler's Return | #13 | 1 | 2.8 | ||
| Honor Bound | #13 | 1 | 2.8 | ||
| A KISS Remembered | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |