Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Arthur C. Clarke
Charting Nov 14, 1982 → May 18, 1997 · 67 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 9.50%
- week of Mar 13, 1983
- Career Power
- 421
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 222
- May 1982 – April 1983
- Peak Five Years
- 233
- June 1981 – June 1986
- Top-five weeks
- 25
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 67
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Dec 12, 1982
- Comebacks
- 2
- January 1988, April 1997
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 3, 1983 | Jan 24, 1988 | 238 | 148 | 9.50% | 3.39% |
| After absence | May 29, 1988 | Apr 13, 1997 | 463 | 171 | 9.50% | 3.65% |
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions (config version 4, Sep 22, 2026). How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
6 books · 421 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010: Odyssey Two | #2 | 24 | 221.9 | ||
| 2061: Odyssey Three | #4 | 19 | 107.8 | ||
| 3001: the Final Odyssey | #2 | 10 | 65.6 | ||
| The Songs of Distant Earth | #11 | 4 | 11.3 | ||
| Rama Revealedwith Gentry Lee | #11 | 6 | 9.3 | ||
| The Garden of Ramawith Gentry Lee | #13 | 4 | 4.8 |