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Sue Grafton

Charting May 6, 1990 → Oct 15, 2017 · 155 weeks with chart power

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Honours

Author of the Week

NYT Hardcover Fiction
15 crowns
19902017
Longest reign 2 weeks (Sep 1995) · First crown Sep 1995

Peak Power: 6.43%; week of Jun 21, 1998
Career Power: 1,210; share-weeks
Crowns: 15; weeks crowned Author of the Week

Peak Year: 112; May 1991 – May 1992
Peak Five Years: 386; November 1990 – October 1995
Top-five weeks: 76; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 155; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.77%; week of Aug 1, 2004
Comebacks: 13; Sep 1995 · May 1998 · Nov 1999 · Jul 2001 · Nov 2002 · Aug 2004 · Jan 2006 · Dec 2007 · Dec 2009 · Dec 2011 · Oct 2013 · Oct 2015 · Sep 2017

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

20 books · 1,210 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
“S” Is for Silence	#1December 2005	11	December 2005 – March 2006	94.3	94.2
"H" Is for Homicide	#2May 1991	15	May 1991 – September 1991	87.9	87.9
"K" Is for Killer	#2April 1994	9	April 1994 – June 1994	86.5	85.8
"P" Is for Peril	#1June 2001	8	June 2001 – August 2001	83.9	83.9
''N'' Is for Noose	#1May 1998	7	May 1998 – June 1998	83.4	83.4
"I" Is for Innocent	#2April 1992	11	April 1992 – July 1992	80.3	80.3
“T” Is for Trespass	#1December 2007	9	December 2007 – February 2008	74.2	74.2
"J" Is for Judgment	#3April 1993	10	April 1993 – June 1993	65.7	65.7
"L" Is for Lawless	#1September 1995	7	September 1995 – October 1995	65.6	65.6
“R” Is for Ricochet	#1August 2004	7	August 2004 – September 2004	65.6	64.2
"M" Is for Malice	#2November 1996	7	November 1996 – January 1997	59.7	59.7
"O" Is for Outlaw	#5October 1999	11	October 1999 – January 2000	58.1	51.8
Q Is for Quarry	#1November 2002	6	November 2002 – December 2002	53.1	53.1
“U” Is for Undertow	#1December 2009	7	December 2009 – January 2010	52.3	52.3
“Y” Is for Yesterday	#1September 2017	6	September 2017 – October 2017	49.4	49.4
“V” Is for Vengeance	#3December 2011	6	December 2011 – January 2012	39.6	39.4
“W” Is for Wasted	#1September 2013	5	September 2013 – October 2013	39.3	39.3
X	#1September 2015	5	September 2015 – October 2015	36.0	36.0
''G'' Is for Gumshoe	#8May 1990	6	May 1990 – June 1990	21.6	21.6
Kinsey and Me	#4January 2013	2	January 2013 – February 2013	13.8	13.8

At their peak

1991 in books →

Sue Grafton's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from May 1991 to May 1992. The most powerful authors over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s.