Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Alice Adams
Charting Oct 14, 1984 → Dec 2, 1984 · 8 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.70%
- week of Dec 2, 1984
- Career Power
- 23
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 23
- December 1983 – December 1984
- Peak Five Years
- 23
- December 1979 – December 1984
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 8
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 4.17%
- week of Nov 11, 1984
- 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 · 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Women | #10 | 8 | 23.0 |
At their peak
1983 in books →Alice Adams's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from December 1983 to December 1984. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Robert Ludlum354
- 2Stephen King325
- 3Helen Hooven Santmyer270
- 4Danielle Steel257
- 5Dr. Seuss222
- 6James A. Michener210
- 7Gore Vidal204
- 8Leon Uris190
- 9Frederick Forsyth186
- 10Umberto Eco163
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.