Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
William E. Butterworth IV
Charting Jun 25, 2006 → Aug 23, 2015 · 34 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.02%
- week of Feb 6, 2011
- Career Power
- 86
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 19
- September 2010 – September 2011
- Peak Five Years
- 62
- February 2009 – January 2014
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 34
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 6.32%
- week of Jan 20, 2013
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
16 books · 86 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 Outlawswith W. E. B. Griffin | #4 | 4 | 11.2 | ||
| Hazardous Dutywith W. E. B. Griffin | #3 | 2 | 9.1 | ||
| Victory and Honorwith W. E. B. Griffin | #4 | 3 | 8.1 | ||
| The Saboteurswith W. E. B. Griffin | #6 | 3 | 7.8 | ||
| Empire and Honorwith W. E. B. Griffin | #2 | 2 | 7.4 | ||
| The Honor of Spieswith W. E. B. Griffin | #6 | 3 | 7.1 | ||
| The Vigilanteswith W. E. B. Griffin | #6 | 3 | 6.1 | ||
| The Double Agentswith W. E. B. Griffin | #8 | 3 | 5.6 | ||
| The Spymasterswith W. E. B. Griffin | #6 | 2 | 4.8 | ||
| Death and Honorwith W. E. B. Griffin | #9 | 2 | 4.2 | ||
| The Last Witnesswith W. E. B. Griffin | #8 | 2 | 4.1 | ||
| The Traffickerswith W. E. B. Griffin | #7 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| The Assassination Optionwith W. E. B. Griffin | #7 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| Deadly Assetswith W. E. B. Griffin | #13 | 1 | 1.4 | ||
| Top Secretwith W. E. B. Griffin | #14 | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| Covert Warriorswith W. E. B. Griffin | #14 | 1 | 1.2 |
At their peak
2010 in books →William E. Butterworth IV's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from September 2010 to September 2011. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Stieg Larsson398
- 2James Patterson260
- 3David Baldacci184
- 4Kathryn Stockett179
- 5John Grisham168
- 6Jonathan Franzen142
- 7Jean M. Auel103
- 8Michael Connelly99
- 9Ken Follett96
- 10Nicholas Sparks94
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.