Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Country Road Murders
Entered Aug 2, 2026 · peaked at #5 on Aug 2, 2026 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 16, 2026
Cover image: The New York Times · the artwork is the publisher’s.
- Book Power
- 19.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 2
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 3
- August 2026 – August 2026
Ranked by Book Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a list published by anyone else. How it works →
The run
Position by week; a gap is a spell off the list.What it earned each author
Book Power is the book's own figure. Power contributed is what it earned each author's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the author had other books charting is split between them.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Patterson | primary | 50% | 10.7 |
| Mike Lupica | primary | 50% | 10.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 2, 2026 on the timeline →- #1RansomDaniel Silva
- #2YesteryearCaro Claire Burke
- #3WhistlerAnn Patchett
- #4The Calamity ClubKathryn Stockett
- #5The Country Road MurdersJames Patterson & Mike Lupica
- #6The CorrespondentVirginia Evans
- #7The Romance RevivalChristina Lauren
- #8Carl's Doomsday ScenarioMatt Dinniman
- #9The Dungeon Anarchist's CookbookMatt Dinniman
- #10The GoalElle Kennedy