Eras
Who was the most powerful author in a year, who dominated a decade, who held #1 the longest. Every figure is a defined metric summed or maximised over a date range of stored weekly rows — nothing is weighted by opinion.
Leader of every year
Column height = the leader's average Power Share over the period. Click a column to explore that range.
- Robert Ludlum5 periods
- John Grisham5 periods
- James Patterson5 periods
- Lloyd C. Douglas3 periods
- Leon Uris3 periods
- Stephen King3 periods
- Dan Brown3 periods
- Hervey Allen2 periods
- Margaret Mitchell2 periods
- Herman Wouk2 periods
- James A. Michener2 periods
- Robert James Waller2 periods
- James Redfield2 periods
- Danielle Steel2 periods
- J. K. Rowling2 periods
- Gillian Flynn2 periods
- Anthony Doerr2 periods
- Delia Owens2 periods
- Rebecca Yarros2 periods
- John Galsworthy1 period
- Charles Morgan1 period
- A. J. Cronin1 period
- John Steinbeck1 period
- Richard Llewellyn1 period
- James Hilton1 period
- Franz Werfel1 period
- Lillian Smith1 period
- Samuel Shellaburger1 period
- Taylor Caldwell1 period
- Laura Z. Hobson1 period
- Norman Mailer1 period
- Henry Morton Robinson1 period
- James Jones1 period
- Annemarie Selinko1 period
- Morton Thompson1 period
- Francoise Sagan1 period
- Edwin O'Connor1 period
- Grace Metalious1 period
- Robert Traver1 period
- Harper Lee1 period
- Katherine Anne Porter1 period
- Morris L. West1 period
- John le Carré1 period
- Bel Kaufman1 period
- Jacqueline Susann1 period
- Elia Kazan1 period
- Arthur Hailey1 period
- Mario Puzo1 period
- Erich Segal1 period
- Frederick Forsyth1 period
- Peter Benchley1 period
- James Michener1 period
- Paul E. Erdman1 period
- J.R.R. Tolkien1 period
- James Clavell1 period
- Tom Wolfe1 period
- Tom Clancy1 period
- Khaled Hosseini1 period
- Stephenie Meyer1 period
- Kathryn Stockett1 period
- Donna Tartt1 period
- Matt Haig1 period
- Bonnie Garmus1 period
- Virginia Evans1 period
Leaders in 2024
Jan 7, 2024 → Dec 29, 2024 · 52 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1Rebecca Yarros710
- 2Kristin Hannah582
- 3James McBride155
- 4James Patterson149
- 5Percival Everett141
- 6Emily Henry125
- 7Nicholas Sparks119
- 8Liz Moore116
- 9John Grisham111
- 10Shelby Van Pelt108
| # | Author | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rebecca Yarros | 710 | 13.65% | 23.82% | 20.76% | 20 | 39 | 52 |
| 2 | Kristin Hannah | 582 | 11.20% | 15.12% | 13.65% | 10 | 45 | 45 |
| 3 | James McBride | 155 | 2.98% | 13.16% | 8.44% | 0 | 15 | 20 |
| 4 | James Patterson | 149 | 2.86% | 11.01% | 4.14% | 0 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Percival Everett | 141 | 2.70% | 14.53% | 6.22% | 1 | 8 | 24 |
| 6 | Emily Henry | 125 | 2.39% | 14.91% | 6.22% | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Nicholas Sparks | 119 | 2.29% | 14.78% | 6.69% | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 8 | Liz Moore | 116 | 2.23% | 11.35% | 4.83% | 0 | 5 | 22 |
| 9 | John Grisham | 111 | 2.14% | 14.91% | 7.68% | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 10 | Shelby Van Pelt | 108 | 2.08% | 10.04% | 4.01% | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| 11 | Stephen King | 105 | 2.02% | 14.82% | 6.16% | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| 12 | Elin Hilderbrand | 93 | 1.79% | 14.82% | 6.39% | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 13 | Ashley Elston | 93 | 1.79% | 8.74% | 4.77% | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 14 | David Baldacci | 89 | 1.72% | 14.67% | 3.48% | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| 15 | Sarah J. Maas | 85 | 1.64% | 15.12% | 4.68% | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 16 | Bonnie Garmus | 85 | 1.63% | 10.04% | 9.04% | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 17 | Chris Whitaker | 71 | 1.36% | 11.15% | 3.46% | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 18 | Danielle Steel | 70 | 1.35% | 9.97% | 2.11% | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 19 | Sally Rooney | 65 | 1.25% | 12.64% | 4.22% | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 20 | Liane Moriarty | 52 | 0.99% | 12.81% | 3.57% | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 21 | Danielle L. Jensen | 51 | 0.99% | 11.35% | 3.66% | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 22 | Michael Connelly | 50 | 0.96% | 14.53% | 3.94% | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 23 | Alison Espach | 48 | 0.92% | 13.10% | 3.67% | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 24 | Jodi Picoult | 46 | 0.88% | 14.97% | 3.60% | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 25 | Amor Towles | 45 | 0.87% | 13.09% | 3.37% | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 26 | RuNyx | 42 | 0.81% | 10.04% | 2.99% | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 27 | Michael Crichton | 42 | 0.80% | 7.42% | 2.63% | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 28 | Harper L. Woods | 40 | 0.76% | 13.01% | 3.19% | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 29 | Nora Roberts | 38 | 0.73% | 12.64% | 1.88% | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 30 | Barbara Kingsolver | 38 | 0.72% | 5.02% | 4.46% | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 31 | Alex Michaelides | 37 | 0.71% | 11.53% | 2.84% | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 32 | Abigail Owen | 37 | 0.71% | 14.72% | 2.98% | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 33 | Louise Penny | 36 | 0.69% | 15.16% | 3.19% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 34 | Janet Evanovich | 35 | 0.67% | 14.53% | 3.06% | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 35 | Leigh Bardugo | 33 | 0.63% | 13.03% | 2.88% | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 36 | Jeneva Rose | 31 | 0.60% | 11.26% | 2.51% | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 37 | Brandon Sanderson | 30 | 0.59% | 14.53% | 2.79% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 38 | Mitch Albom | 30 | 0.58% | 7.61% | 4.26% | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 39 | Carissa Broadbent | 29 | 0.56% | 11.01% | 1.29% | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 40 | Abraham Verghese | 29 | 0.56% | 9.84% | 3.43% | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 41 | Matt Haig | 29 | 0.55% | 7.36% | 2.44% | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 42 | TJ Klune | 29 | 0.55% | 14.72% | 2.70% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 43 | Andrew Child | 29 | 0.55% | 7.33% | 1.95% | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 44 | Lee Child | 29 | 0.55% | 7.33% | 1.95% | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 45 | Elizabeth Strout | 28 | 0.53% | 11.15% | 2.09% | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 46 | J. D. Robb | 27 | 0.53% | 11.53% | 1.68% | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 47 | C. J. Box | 27 | 0.53% | 13.03% | 2.38% | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 48 | Sarah Beth Durst | 26 | 0.50% | 6.49% | 1.82% | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 49 | Daniel Silva | 25 | 0.48% | 14.91% | 2.34% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 50 | Chloe C. Peñaranda | 23 | 0.45% | 12.87% | 2.17% | 0 | 1 | 3 |