Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Thomas Harris
Charting Feb 23, 1975 → Jun 16, 2019 · 63 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 8.84%
- week of Aug 15, 1999
- Career Power
- 397
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 2
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 177
- January 1999 – January 2000
- Peak Five Years
- 177
- January 1995 – January 2000
- Top-five weeks
- 18
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 63
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 15.04%
- week of Jul 11, 1999
- Comebacks
- 4
- March 1982, October 1988, June 1999, January 2007
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Sep 7, 1975 | Mar 14, 1982 | 327 | 315 | 4.06% | 1.45% |
| After absence | Apr 25, 1982 | Oct 2, 1988 | 336 | 333 | 4.06% | 1.66% |
| After absence | Jan 1, 1989 | Jun 27, 1999 | 547 | 547 | 4.06% | 1.63% |
| After absence | Dec 26, 1999 | Jan 21, 2007 | 366 | 359 | 8.84% | 3.26% |
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
6 books · 397 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannibal | #1 | 18 | 177.0 | ||
| Black Sunday | #6 | 14 | 75.1 | ||
| Hannibal Rising | #5 | 12 | 72.8 | ||
| The Silence of the Lambs | #6 | 8 | 35.7 | ||
| Red Dragon | #12 | 9 | 22.7 | ||
| Cari Mora | #3 | 2 | 13.8 |