Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Steve Berry
Charting Jun 5, 2005 → Mar 8, 2026 · 60 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.06%
- week of Apr 30, 2006
- Career Power
- 326
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 90
- March 2006 – March 2007
- Peak Five Years
- 135
- December 2005 – December 2010
- Top-five weeks
- 15
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 60
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Feb 18, 2007
- Comebacks
- 2
- June 2011, May 2015
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jun 10, 2007 | Jun 12, 2011 | 209 | 50 | 4.06% | 1.87% |
| After decline | Jul 8, 2012 | May 3, 2015 | 147 | 51 | 4.06% | 1.67% |
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
23 books · 326 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 Templar Legacy | #4 | 9 | 59.2 | ||
| The Alexandria Link | #3 | 7 | 42.5 | ||
| The Jefferson Key | #4 | 5 | 34.7 | ||
| The Patriot Threat | #5 | 4 | 19.6 | ||
| The Lost Order | #4 | 3 | 17.2 | ||
| The 14th Colony | #5 | 3 | 16.3 | ||
| The Columbus Affair | #4 | 2 | 14.4 | ||
| The Lincoln Myth | #4 | 2 | 13.8 | ||
| The Malta Exchange | #7 | 3 | 12.7 | ||
| The Charlemagne Pursuit | #9 | 4 | 12.4 | ||
| The Venetian Betrayal | #12 | 4 | 11.1 | ||
| The Bishop's Pawn | #5 | 2 | 10.4 | ||
| The King's Deception | #6 | 2 | 10.4 | ||
| The Warsaw Protocol | #4 | 1 | 9.6 | ||
| The Omega Factor | #6 | 1 | 7.3 | ||
| The Emperor's Tomb | #8 | 1 | 5.5 | ||
| The Kaiser's Web | #8 | 1 | 5.5 | ||
| The Last Kingdom | #8 | 1 | 5.5 | ||
| The Paris Vendetta | #9 | 1 | 4.8 | ||
| The Devil's Bible | #10 | 1 | 4.2 | ||
| The Medici Return | #12 | 1 | 3.4 | ||
| The Atlas Maneuver | #13 | 1 | 2.9 | ||
| The Third Secret | #13 | 1 | 2.8 |