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
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

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; January 1996, February 2000, July 2001, February 2003, August 2005

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Nov 27, 1994	Jan 28, 1996	61	60	2.11%	1.04%
After absence	Jun 22, 1997	Feb 13, 2000	138	136	2.11%	1.38%
After decline	Jun 4, 2000	Jul 15, 2001	58	58	2.40%	1.05%
After decline	Nov 11, 2001	Feb 2, 2003	63	62	2.82%	1.66%
After absence	May 25, 2003	Aug 21, 2005	116	115	3.34%	1.31%

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	#4February 2003	6	January 2003 – March 2003	40.7	40.7
The Jury	#4July 2001	6	July 2001 – August 2001	35.9	35.9
The Attorney	#8February 2000	7	January 2000 – March 2000	31.0	28.3
The Judge	#7January 1996	7	January 1996 – March 1996	28.6	28.6
Undue Influence	#9July 1994	6	July 1994 – September 1994	25.9	25.9
The List	#9March 1997	5	March 1997 – April 1997	21.1	21.1
Double Tap	#6August 2005	4	August 2005 – September 2005	20.0	20.0
Shadow of Power	#11June 2008	2	June 2008 – June 2008	6.4	6.4
Guardian of Lies	#10August 2009	1	August 2009	4.2	4.2
Trader of Secrets	#10June 2011	1	June 2011	4.2	4.2
Prime Witness	#12August 1993	1	August 1993	3.2	3.2
The Rule of Nine	#15June 2010	1	June 2010	2.1	2.1