Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Scott Turow
Charting Jun 28, 1987 → Feb 16, 2025 · 163 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 12.03%
- week of Nov 8, 1987
- Career Power
- 1,249
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 19
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 462
- May 1987 – April 1988
- Peak Five Years
- 777
- February 1986 – February 1991
- Top-five weeks
- 75
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 163
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.62%
- week of Jul 26, 1987
- Comebacks
- 3
- July 1990, June 1993, January 1997
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jun 26, 1988 | Jul 1, 1990 | 105 | 103 | 12.03% | 4.25% |
| After absence | Mar 17, 1991 | Jun 27, 1993 | 119 | 116 | 12.03% | 4.35% |
| After absence | Oct 24, 1993 | Jan 19, 1997 | 169 | 158 | 12.03% | 4.22% |
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 · 1,249 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presumed Innocent | #1 | 44 | 462.4 | ||
| The Burden of Proof | #1 | 35 | 314.9 | ||
| Pleading Guilty | #2 | 16 | 128.8 | ||
| The Laws of Our Fathers | #2 | 14 | 81.3 | ||
| Personal Injuries | #4 | 15 | 78.8 | ||
| Innocent | #3 | 7 | 47.7 | ||
| Reversible Errors | #6 | 10 | 43.4 | ||
| Identical | #4 | 6 | 28.7 | ||
| Testimony | #6 | 5 | 22.6 | ||
| Ordinary Heroes | #7 | 4 | 15.0 | ||
| The Last Trial | #8 | 3 | 12.4 | ||
| Presumed Guilty | #13 | 3 | 8.2 | ||
| Suspect | #9 | 1 | 4.8 |