Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Allan Gurganus
Charting Sep 17, 1989 → Jan 21, 1990 · 16 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.59%
- week of Nov 5, 1989
- Career Power
- 85
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 85
- January 1989 – January 1990
- Peak Five Years
- 85
- February 1985 – January 1990
- Top-five weeks
- 5
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 16
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Oct 1, 1989
- 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 · 85 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | #4 | 16 | 84.8 |
At their peak
1989 in books →Allan Gurganus's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from January 1989 to January 1990. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Tom Clancy353
- 2Danielle Steel321
- 3Amy Tan255
- 4John le Carré235
- 5Salman Rushdie224
- 6Mary Higgins Clark187
- 7Stephen King160
- 8Frederick Forsyth158
- 9Martin Cruz Smith150
- 10Dick Francis138
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.