Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Tess Gerritsen
Charting Sep 22, 1996 → Sep 3, 2017 · 36 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.21%
- week of Sep 28, 2003
- Career Power
- 168
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 25
- September 2002 – September 2003
- Peak Five Years
- 82
- October 2002 – October 2007
- Top-five weeks
- 5
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 36
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Oct 1, 2006
- Comebacks
- 2
- September 2005, July 2011
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Dec 21, 2003 | Sep 18, 2005 | 90 | 49 | 2.21% | 1.01% |
| After decline | Dec 23, 2007 | Jul 24, 2011 | 187 | 92 | 2.21% | 1.20% |
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 · 168 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sinner | #4 | 4 | 24.8 | ||
| The Mephisto Club | #3 | 3 | 21.3 | ||
| Last to Die | #3 | 3 | 19.4 | ||
| The Silent Girl | #3 | 2 | 14.6 | ||
| The Bone Garden | #10 | 4 | 13.9 | ||
| Vanish | #7 | 3 | 13.1 | ||
| The Apprentice | #10 | 4 | 12.2 | ||
| Ice Cold | #10 | 3 | 9.7 | ||
| Body Double | #12 | 3 | 8.5 | ||
| The Keepsake | #7 | 2 | 8.4 | ||
| Die Again | #5 | 1 | 8.3 | ||
| I Know a Secret | #8 | 1 | 5.5 | ||
| The Surgeon | #13 | 2 | 5.2 | ||
| Harvest | #13 | 1 | 2.8 |