Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Victoria Holt

Charting Sep 25, 1960 → Aug 21, 1988 · 149 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 7.13%; week of Nov 7, 1971
Career Power: 864; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 179; November 1970 – November 1971
Peak Five Years: 570; November 1969 – October 1974
Top-five weeks: 32; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 149; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 11.01%; week of Sep 5, 1971
Comebacks: 3; February 1965, September 1967, August 1970

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	May 7, 1961	Feb 28, 1965	197	73	5.41%	2.15%
After decline	Jul 4, 1965	Sep 10, 1967	112	58	5.41%	2.14%
After decline	Nov 24, 1968	Aug 16, 1970	90	56	5.41%	2.08%

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

15 books · 864 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 Shadow of the Lynx	#3September 1971	20	July 1971 – December 1971	155.8	155.8
The Secret Woman	#4September 1970	24	July 1970 – January 1971	152.7	152.7
Mistress of Mellyn	#5November 1960	23	September 1960 – February 1961	117.4	117.4
On the Night of the Seventh Moon	#4October 1972	17	October 1972 – January 1973	117.0	117.0
The House of a Thousand Lanterns	#5September 1974	10	August 1974 – October 1974	68.5	68.5
The Legend of the Seventh Virgin	#4March 1965	11	February 1965 – April 1965	67.3	67.3
Curse of the Kings	#7September 1973	12	August 1973 – November 1973	61.8	61.8
The Queen's Confession	#8September 1968	7	August 1968 – October 1968	33.7	33.7
The King of the Castle	#8August 1967	6	July 1967 – September 1967	27.0	27.0
Kirkland Revels	#12February 1962	9	February 1962 – April 1962	22.6	22.6
Menfreya in the Morning	#8May 1966	3	May 1966 – June 1966	15.8	15.8
The Shivering Sands	#9December 1969	3	December 1969 – January 1970	14.4	14.4
Bride of Pendorric	#10September 1963	1	September 1963	4.2	4.2
The India Fan	#15August 1988	2	August 1988 – August 1988	4.2	4.2
Devil on Horseback	#15October 1977	1	October 1977	2.1	2.1