Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Tami Hoag

Charting Mar 3, 1996 → Jan 20, 2019 · 62 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 4.54%; week of Sep 17, 2000
Career Power: 337; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 62; October 1999 – October 2000
Peak Five Years: 154; October 1995 – October 2000
Top-five weeks: 12; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 62; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 12.64%; week of Aug 20, 2000
Comebacks: 5; March 1999, August 2000, September 2002, April 2006, January 2010

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Jul 13, 1997	Mar 21, 1999	88	88	2.51%	1.05%
After decline	Jul 25, 1999	Aug 20, 2000	56	56	2.51%	1.38%
After decline	Dec 24, 2000	Sep 22, 2002	90	89	4.54%	2.27%
After decline	Dec 22, 2002	Apr 16, 2006	172	84	4.54%	1.75%
After absence	Jun 24, 2007	Jan 31, 2010	136	134	4.54%	1.62%

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

15 books · 337 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
Dust to Dust	#2August 2000	8	August 2000 – October 2000	62.2	62.2
Dark Horse	#3September 2002	5	September 2002 – October 2002	41.3	41.3
Guilty as Sin	#5April 1996	8	March 1996 – April 1996	33.9	33.9
Ashes to Ashes	#4March 1999	7	March 1999 – May 1999	32.8	32.8
Prior Bad Acts	#2April 2006	5	April 2006 – May 2006	31.7	31.7
The Alibi Man	#3April 2007	4	April 2007 – May 2007	27.0	27.0
A Thin Dark Line	#6April 1997	5	March 1997 – April 1997	25.2	25.2
Deeper Than the Dead	#7January 2010	4	January 2010 – February 2010	18.9	18.9
Kill the Messenger	#9July 2004	4	July 2004 – August 2004	14.6	14.3
Cold Cold Heart	#5February 2015	3	February 2015 – February 2015	14.3	14.3
Secrets to the Grave	#8January 2011	3	January 2011 – January 2011	12.4	12.4
The Bitter Season	#9January 2016	3	January 2016 – February 2016	9.3	9.3
The 9th Girl	#7July 2013	1	July 2013	6.3	6.3
Down the Darkest Road	#11January 2012	1	January 2012	3.6	3.6
The Boy	#11January 2019	1	January 2019	3.6	3.6