Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Stephen Coonts

Charting Nov 2, 1986 → Sep 7, 2008 · 69 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 5.05%; week of Mar 22, 1987
Career Power: 317; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 138; May 1986 – May 1987
Peak Five Years: 272; December 1985 – December 1990
Top-five weeks: 4; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 69; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 9.58%; week of Oct 23, 1988
Comebacks: 1; October 1988

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Jul 26, 1987	Oct 30, 1988	66	64	5.05%	2.16%

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

10 books · 317 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
Flight of the Intruder	#7November 1986	28	November 1986 – May 1987	137.6	136.0
Final Flight	#4October 1988	16	October 1988 – January 1989	83.7	83.7
The Minotaur	#7October 1989	6	October 1989 – November 1989	26.5	26.5
Under Siege	#8November 1990	6	October 1990 – December 1990	23.8	23.7
America	#7August 2001	4	August 2001 – September 2001	19.7	19.7
Liberty	#7February 2003	2	February 2003 – March 2003	8.7	8.7
The Assassin	#12August 2008	3	August 2008 – September 2008	7.4	7.4
The Red Horseman	#14July 1993	2	June 1993 – July 1993	4.5	4.5
Cuba	#13August 1999	1	August 1999	2.9	2.8
Hong Kong	#15October 2000	1	October 2000	2.1	2.1