Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Tom Clancy

Charting Mar 24, 1985 → Feb 16, 2014 · 432 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 12.16%; week of Jan 29, 1989
Career Power: 3,813; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 70; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 504; August 1986 – August 1987
Peak Five Years: 1,857; April 1985 – April 1990
Top-five weeks: 260; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 432; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.82%; week of Sep 1, 1996
Comebacks: 6; September 1991, September 1993, September 1996, September 1998, October 2000, September 2002

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Aug 12, 1990	Sep 8, 1991	56	54	12.16%	4.26%
After decline	Apr 26, 1992	Sep 19, 1993	73	70	12.16%	4.99%
After decline	Apr 16, 1995	Sep 15, 1996	74	72	12.16%	4.34%
After decline	Apr 13, 1997	Sep 13, 1998	74	71	12.16%	5.38%
After decline	Mar 28, 1999	Oct 1, 2000	79	76	12.16%	5.38%
After decline	Mar 18, 2001	Sep 15, 2002	77	74	12.16%	5.17%

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

18 books · 3,813 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
Red Storm Rising	#1August 1986	50	August 1986 – July 1987	500.1	496.5
The Cardinal of the Kremlin	#1August 1988	41	August 1988 – July 1989	426.2	426.2
Clear and Present Danger	#1September 1989	45	September 1989 – July 1990	414.1	414.1
Patriot Games	#1August 1987	38	August 1987 – April 1988	332.8	332.5
The Sum of All Fears	#1August 1991	29	August 1991 – March 1992	279.2	279.2
The Hunt for Red October	#2July 1985	29	March 1985 – October 1985	266.4	266.4
Without Remorse	#1August 1993	32	August 1993 – April 1994	265.7	258.6
Debt of Honor	#1September 1994	25	September 1994 – February 1995	253.5	252.5
Executive Orders	#1September 1996	24	September 1996 – February 1997	246.0	244.2
Rainbow Six	#1August 1998	25	August 1998 – February 1999	229.3	229.3
The Bear and the Dragon	#1September 2000	21	September 2000 – January 2001	183.2	183.2
Red Rabbit	#1August 2002	17	August 2002 – January 2003	141.2	141.2
The Teeth of the Tiger	#1August 2003	13	August 2003 – January 2004	97.0	96.9
Dead or Alivewith Grant Blackwood	#1December 2010	13	December 2010 – March 2011	59.9	119.7
Command Authoritywith Mark Greaney	#1December 2013	9	December 2013 – February 2014	35.3	70.4
Against All Enemieswith Peter Telep	#1July 2011	7	July 2011 – August 2011	29.2	58.4
Threat Vectorwith Mark Greaney	#1December 2012	7	December 2012 – February 2013	28.7	57.4
Locked Onwith Mark Greaney	#2January 2012	7	January 2012 – February 2012	25.4	50.5