Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Terry Goodkind

Charting Oct 26, 1997 → Feb 12, 2017 · 45 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 3.77%; week of Sep 3, 2006
Career Power: 291; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 2; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 48; September 2005 – September 2006
Peak Five Years: 165; December 2002 – December 2007
Top-five weeks: 16; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 45; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Aug 6, 2006
Comebacks: 6; May 1999, September 2000, August 2003, January 2005, August 2006, September 2011

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Feb 1, 1998	May 9, 1999	66	65	1.20%	1.16%
After decline	Aug 1, 1999	Sep 10, 2000	58	58	1.20%	1.38%
After decline	Jan 7, 2001	Aug 10, 2003	134	85	2.91%	1.20%
After decline	Dec 14, 2003	Jan 23, 2005	58	58	3.30%	1.20%
After decline	Jun 5, 2005	Aug 6, 2006	61	61	3.30%	1.59%
After decline	Feb 17, 2008	Sep 4, 2011	185	103	3.77%	1.58%

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

14 books · 291 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
Phantom	#1August 2006	6	August 2006 – September 2006	48.4	48.4
Naked Empire	#3August 2003	7	August 2003 – September 2003	45.3	45.3
Chainfire	#3January 2005	7	January 2005 – March 2005	43.6	43.6
Faith of the Fallen	#2September 2000	6	September 2000 – October 2000	38.1	38.1
The Omen Machine	#1September 2011	3	September 2011 – September 2011	28.3	28.3
Confessor	#2December 2007	4	December 2007 – December 2007	27.3	27.3
Temple of the Winds	#8October 1997	3	October 1997 – November 1997	12.7	12.7
Soul of the Fire	#6May 1999	2	May 1999 – May 1999	11.4	11.4
The Third Kingdom	#5September 2013	2	September 2013 – September 2013	10.7	10.7
Severed Souls	#4August 2014	1	August 2014	9.6	9.6
The Pillars of Creation	#9December 2001	1	December 2001	4.8	4.8
Death's Mistress	#10February 2017	1	February 2017	4.2	4.2
The Law of Nines	#10September 2009	1	September 2009	4.2	4.2
Warheart	#16December 2015	1	December 2015	1.8	1.8