Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
A. S. Byatt
Charting Dec 23, 1990 → Jun 16, 1991 · 18 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.79%
- week of Mar 17, 1991
- Career Power
- 73
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 73
- June 1990 – June 1991
- Peak Five Years
- 73
- June 1986 – June 1991
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 18
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 6.32%
- week of Feb 10, 1991
- 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
1 book · 73 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Possession | #7 | 18 | 72.7 |
At their peak
1990 in books →A. S. Byatt's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from June 1990 to June 1991. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Stephen King396
- 2Danielle Steel369
- 3Jean M. Auel315
- 4Scott Turow300
- 5Dr. Seuss252
- 6Sidney Sheldon217
- 7Anne Rice161
- 8Dean R. Koontz147
- 9John Grisham134
- 10David Eddings117
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1990s.