Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Anne McCaffrey
Charting Nov 20, 1983 → Jul 30, 2006 · 55 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.83%
- week of Feb 5, 1984
- Career Power
- 198
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 69
- March 1983 – March 1984
- Peak Five Years
- 95
- December 1983 – November 1988
- Top-five weeks
- 2
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 55
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 7.26%
- week of Dec 18, 1983
- Comebacks
- 4
- May 1986 · Dec 1988 · Nov 1991 · May 2001, after 9 quiet years
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
12 books · 198 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern | #6 | 16 | 69.4 | ||
| All the Weyrs of Pern | #6 | 8 | 37.5 | ||
| Dragonsdawn | #10 | 7 | 22.9 | ||
| Nerilka's Story | #9 | 7 | 21.3 | ||
| The Skies of Pern | #7 | 4 | 16.1 | ||
| The Renegades of Pern | #10 | 4 | 11.8 | ||
| The Masterharper of Pern | #13 | 3 | 6.9 | ||
| Dragonseye | #15 | 2 | 4.2 | ||
| Damia's Children | #14 | 1 | 2.4 | ||
| The Rowan | #15 | 1 | 2.1 | ||
| Damia | #15 | 1 | 2.1 | ||
| Dragon's Firewith Todd McCaffrey | #16 | 1 | 0.9 |
At their peak
1983 in books →Anne McCaffrey's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from March 1983 to March 1984. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Stephen King513
- 2James A. Michener438
- 3Umberto Eco402
- 4John le Carré343
- 5Joan D. Vinge265
- 6Danielle Steel218
- 7Jackie Collins180
- 8Stephen R. Donaldson169
- 9Nora Ephron158
- 10Judith Rossner139
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.