Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Andrew M. Greeley

Charting Jun 28, 1981 → Mar 15, 1987 · 93 weeks with chart power

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Peak Power: 5.92%; week of Nov 22, 1981
Career Power: 439; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Author of the Week

Peak Year: 226; June 1981 – June 1982
Peak Five Years: 421; April 1981 – March 1986
Top-five weeks: 4; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 93; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 11.01%; week of Oct 18, 1981
Comebacks: 1; Mar 1986

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

7 books · 439 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
The Cardinal Sins	#3October 1981	32	June 1981 – January 1982	160.0	160.0
Thy Brother's Wife	#4May 1982	19	April 1982 – August 1982	95.1	95.1
Lord of the Dance	#6April 1984	12	March 1984 – May 1984	64.8	64.8
Ascent Into Hell	#7June 1983	14	June 1983 – September 1983	63.3	63.3
Angels of September	#7March 1986	6	February 1986 – March 1986	29.2	29.2
Patience of a Saint	#11February 1987	6	February 1987 – March 1987	18.0	17.5
Virgin and Martyr	#13March 1985	4	March 1985 – April 1985	9.0	9.0

At their peak

1981 in books →

Andrew M. Greeley's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from June 1981 to June 1982. The most powerful authors over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.