Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Terry Brooks

Charting Mar 11, 1990 → Nov 8, 2020 · 103 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 6.46%; week of Jul 11, 1999
Career Power: 695; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 4; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 104; August 1998 – August 1999
Peak Five Years: 312; May 1989 – May 1994
Top-five weeks: 42; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 103; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of May 23, 1999
Comebacks: 3; April 1996, May 1999, September 2002

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Jul 25, 1993	Apr 21, 1996	143	100	6.03%	2.21%
After absence	Jun 30, 1996	May 30, 1999	152	151	6.03%	3.00%
After decline	Oct 17, 1999	Sep 29, 2002	153	50	6.45%	2.44%

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

26 books · 695 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
STAR WARS: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace	#1May 1999	11	May 1999 – August 1999	104.0	102.8
The Druid of Shannara	#2March 1991	10	March 1991 – May 1991	86.4	86.4
The Talismans of Shannara	#2March 1993	10	February 1993 – May 1993	86.3	85.8
The Elf Queen of Shannara	#3April 1992	10	March 1992 – May 1992	78.7	78.7
The Scions of Shannara	#4March 1990	9	March 1990 – May 1990	58.5	58.5
First King of Shannara	#3April 1996	7	April 1996 – May 1996	37.0	36.8
THE VOYAGE OF THE JERLE SHANNARA: Morgawr	#4September 2002	5	September 2002 – October 2002	30.3	30.3
HIGH DRUID OF SHANNARA: Jarka Ruus	#3September 2003	4	September 2003 – October 2003	29.6	29.6
The Gypsy Morph	#2September 2008	3	September 2008 – September 2008	23.1	23.1
The Elves of Cintra	#5September 2007	3	September 2007 – September 2007	20.9	20.9
THE VOYAGE OF THE JERLE SHANNARA: Antrax	#7October 2001	5	October 2001 – November 2001	20.2	20.2
THE VOYAGE OF THE JERLE SHANNARA: Ilse Witch	#7September 2000	4	September 2000 – October 2000	18.9	18.9
High Druid of Shannara: Straken	#5September 2005	3	September 2005 – October 2005	14.4	14.4
High Druid of Shannara: Tanequil	#7September 2004	3	September 2004 – October 2004	14.0	13.7
The Measure of the Magic	#3September 2011	2	September 2011 – September 2011	13.1	13.1
Wards of Faerie	#3September 2012	1	September 2012	11.0	11.0
Armageddon's Children	#6September 2006	2	September 2006 – September 2006	10.9	10.9
Bearers of the Black Staff (Legends of Shannara)	#5September 2010	2	September 2010 – September 2010	10.7	10.7
Bloodfire Quest	#7March 2013	2	March 2013 – April 2013	8.4	8.4
Witch Wraith	#11August 2013	1	August 2013	3.6	3.6
The Stiehl Assassin	#11June 2019	1	June 2019	3.6	3.6
The Skaar Invasion	#12July 2018	1	July 2018	3.2	3.2
The Tangle Box	#15May 1994	1	May 1994	2.1	2.1
A Princess of Landover	#15September 2009	1	September 2009	2.1	2.1
The Last Druid	#15November 2020	1	November 2020	2.1	2.1
The High Druid's Blade	#16July 2014	1	July 2014	1.8	1.8