Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Sue Grafton

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

Peak Power: 6.43%; week of Jun 21, 1998
Career Power: 1,210; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 15; weeks as the top author

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; September 1995, May 1998, November 1999, July 2001, November 2002, August 2004, January 2006, December 2007, December 2009, December 2011, October 2013, October 2015, September 2017

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Sep 11, 1994	Sep 24, 1995	54	53	5.86%	3.00%
After decline	Mar 9, 1997	May 17, 1998	62	61	5.86%	2.61%
After decline	Sep 13, 1998	Nov 14, 1999	61	59	6.43%	2.48%
After decline	Feb 27, 2000	Jul 1, 2001	70	69	6.43%	3.00%
After decline	Nov 4, 2001	Nov 10, 2002	52	51	6.43%	3.00%
After decline	Feb 2, 2003	Aug 8, 2004	79	78	6.43%	2.85%
After decline	Nov 21, 2004	Jan 1, 2006	57	56	6.43%	2.79%
After decline	May 14, 2006	Dec 30, 2007	84	83	6.43%	3.00%
After decline	Apr 20, 2008	Dec 27, 2009	88	87	6.43%	2.79%
After decline	Mar 28, 2010	Dec 18, 2011	90	88	6.43%	2.47%
After decline	Feb 19, 2012	Oct 6, 2013	85	49	6.43%	2.48%
After decline	Dec 8, 2013	Oct 4, 2015	94	92	6.43%	2.39%
After decline	Nov 29, 2015	Sep 17, 2017	93	92	6.43%	2.79%

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

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