Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Steve Martini
Charting Aug 22, 1993 → Jun 19, 2011 · 47 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.34%
- week of Feb 23, 2003
- Career Power
- 223
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 41
- March 2002 – March 2003
- Peak Five Years
- 108
- March 1998 – March 2003
- Top-five weeks
- 4
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 47
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Jul 15, 2001
- Comebacks
- 5
- Jan 1996 · Feb 2000 · Jul 2001 · Feb 2003 · Aug 2005
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
12 books · 223 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 Arraignment | #4 | 6 | 40.7 | ||
| The Jury | #4 | 6 | 35.9 | ||
| The Attorney | #8 | 7 | 31.0 | ||
| The Judge | #7 | 7 | 28.6 | ||
| Undue Influence | #9 | 6 | 25.9 | ||
| The List | #9 | 5 | 21.1 | ||
| Double Tap | #6 | 4 | 20.0 | ||
| Shadow of Power | #11 | 2 | 6.4 | ||
| Guardian of Lies | #10 | 1 | 4.2 | ||
| Trader of Secrets | #10 | 1 | 4.2 | ||
| Prime Witness | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| The Rule of Nine | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |
At their peak
2002 in books →Steve Martini's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from March 2002 to March 2003. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Alice Sebold401
- 2John Grisham321
- 3James Patterson223
- 4Danielle Steel189
- 5Stephen King168
- 6Tom Clancy141
- 7Emma McLaughlin119
- 8Nicola Kraus119
- 9Michael Crichton117
- 10Jean M. Auel116
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.