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 2025
Jan 5, 2025 → Dec 28, 2025 · 52 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1Rebecca Yarros586
- 2Percival Everett199
- 3Kristin Hannah178
- 4Taylor Jenkins Reid171
- 5Dan Brown158
- 6Alison Espach149
- 7Emily Henry140
- 8Clare Leslie Hall137
- 9Fredrik Backman123
- 10James Patterson123
| # | Author | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rebecca Yarros | 586 | 11.26% | 30.78% | 21.82% | 18 | 24 | 45 |
| 2 | Percival Everett | 199 | 3.82% | 14.86% | 9.75% | 2 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | Kristin Hannah | 178 | 3.43% | 19.93% | 11.80% | 0 | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | Taylor Jenkins Reid | 171 | 3.29% | 14.53% | 8.79% | 4 | 13 | 16 |
| 5 | Dan Brown | 158 | 3.05% | 14.82% | 8.79% | 2 | 14 | 14 |
| 6 | Alison Espach | 149 | 2.87% | 8.34% | 4.67% | 0 | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | Emily Henry | 140 | 2.69% | 15.13% | 6.52% | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | Clare Leslie Hall | 137 | 2.64% | 12.20% | 5.26% | 0 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | Fredrik Backman | 123 | 2.37% | 11.13% | 5.75% | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| 10 | James Patterson | 123 | 2.36% | 9.97% | 4.33% | 0 | 2 | 31 |
| 11 | SenLinYu | 113 | 2.18% | 14.91% | 6.83% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 12 | Liz Moore | 108 | 2.07% | 9.80% | 6.08% | 0 | 5 | 20 |
| 13 | John Grisham | 105 | 2.02% | 14.83% | 7.95% | 4 | 8 | 8 |
| 14 | Stephen King | 103 | 1.99% | 14.53% | 5.76% | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 15 | Callie Hart | 98 | 1.89% | 22.57% | 6.24% | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 16 | David Baldacci | 74 | 1.42% | 13.41% | 3.40% | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 17 | Danielle Steel | 72 | 1.39% | 14.53% | 2.56% | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 18 | Jeneva Rose | 63 | 1.21% | 17.05% | 3.91% | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 19 | Michael Connelly | 62 | 1.20% | 12.91% | 3.29% | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | Abby Jimenez | 61 | 1.18% | 15.25% | 4.72% | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 | Rachel Gillig | 59 | 1.14% | 14.53% | 3.02% | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 22 | Freida McFadden | 58 | 1.11% | 14.88% | 3.54% | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 23 | R.F. Kuang | 57 | 1.10% | 14.53% | 4.65% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 24 | V. E. Schwab | 48 | 0.92% | 14.65% | 3.83% | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 25 | Nicholas Sparks | 47 | 0.90% | 8.41% | 6.84% | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 26 | Holly Jackson | 46 | 0.89% | 14.53% | 3.94% | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 27 | Harlan Coben | 44 | 0.85% | 11.65% | 1.94% | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 28 | Mitch Albom | 42 | 0.82% | 9.81% | 2.83% | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 29 | Matt Dinniman | 41 | 0.79% | 6.64% | 1.31% | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 30 | Ocean Vuong | 40 | 0.76% | 12.64% | 2.88% | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 31 | Virginia Evans | 39 | 0.75% | 11.01% | 3.34% | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 32 | J. D. Robb | 39 | 0.75% | 11.76% | 2.11% | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 33 | Devney Perry | 38 | 0.73% | 14.69% | 3.38% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 34 | Alex Aster | 38 | 0.72% | 13.38% | 3.03% | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 35 | Sally Rooney | 34 | 0.66% | 8.54% | 4.07% | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 36 | Nora Roberts | 34 | 0.65% | 13.16% | 1.92% | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 37 | Daniel Silva | 30 | 0.58% | 14.53% | 2.62% | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 38 | Brandon Sanderson | 29 | 0.55% | 11.10% | 4.30% | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 39 | Reese Witherspoon | 28 | 0.55% | 6.32% | 1.91% | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 40 | Patrick Ryan | 28 | 0.54% | 9.58% | 2.26% | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 41 | Jasmine Mas | 27 | 0.53% | 13.27% | 1.46% | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 42 | Sarah Beth Durst | 27 | 0.52% | 12.64% | 2.31% | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 43 | C. J. Box | 27 | 0.51% | 13.99% | 2.28% | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 44 | Grady Hendrix | 26 | 0.51% | 12.94% | 2.49% | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 45 | Carissa Broadbent | 26 | 0.50% | 14.53% | 2.17% | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 46 | Julie Soto | 26 | 0.49% | 14.53% | 2.37% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 47 | Chris Whitaker | 23 | 0.45% | 5.63% | 2.81% | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 48 | Briar Boleyn | 23 | 0.45% | 12.64% | 1.75% | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 49 | Lisa Jewell | 22 | 0.42% | 14.53% | 2.01% | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 50 | Danielle L. Jensen | 21 | 0.41% | 14.53% | 1.94% | 1 | 1 | 3 |