 In 1989, she was listed in the "Guinness Book of World Records" for having a book on the "New York Times Bestseller List" for the most consecutive weeks of any author—381 consecutive weeks at that time.Since her first book was published, every one of her novels has hit bestseller lists in paperback, and each one released in hardback has also been a hardback bestseller.During this time Steel also contributed to her first non-fiction work.