Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Charting Aug 19, 1979 → Apr 20, 2014 · 171 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 6.65%; week of Sep 4, 1988
Career Power: 949; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 1; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 138; September 1984 – September 1985
Peak Five Years: 376; October 1981 – October 1986
Top-five weeks: 41; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 171; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Jun 9, 1985
Comebacks: 6; April 1983, June 1985, July 1988, August 1990, August 1994, November 1995

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Dec 30, 1979	Apr 3, 1983	170	170	1.40%	1.05%
After decline	Nov 6, 1983	Jun 2, 1985	82	80	6.03%	3.09%
After decline	Dec 14, 1986	Jul 17, 1988	83	82	6.31%	2.31%
After decline	Dec 25, 1988	Aug 26, 1990	87	85	6.65%	3.17%
After decline	Mar 1, 1992	Aug 14, 1994	128	62	6.65%	2.82%
After decline	Oct 23, 1994	Nov 12, 1995	55	40	6.65%	2.48%

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

23 books · 949 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
Hold the Dream	#1June 1985	19	May 1985 – September 1985	137.6	137.6
Voice of the Heart	#4April 1983	23	April 1983 – September 1983	136.7	136.7
To Be the Best	#2July 1988	13	July 1988 – October 1988	116.3	116.3
Act of Will	#3July 1986	16	June 1986 – October 1986	102.2	102.2
The Women in His Life	#2August 1990	11	August 1990 – October 1990	93.9	93.1
Remember	#5November 1991	12	November 1991 – January 1992	55.2	55.2
Everything to Gain	#4July 1994	8	July 1994 – September 1994	46.3	46.3
Angel	#9May 1993	7	May 1993 – June 1993	28.8	28.8
A Sudden Change of Heart	#6March 1999	7	March 1999 – April 1999	26.1	26.1
Power of a Woman	#6July 1997	7	July 1997 – August 1997	25.3	25.3
Unexpected Blessings	#6January 2005	4	January 2005 – February 2005	24.2	24.2
Dangerous to Know	#9August 1995	6	July 1995 – September 1995	24.0	23.8
Love in Another Town	#6November 1995	5	October 1995 – November 1995	23.9	23.9
A Woman of Substance	#10September 1979	7	August 1979 – October 1979	19.5	19.5
Emma's Secret	#7January 2004	4	January 2004 – February 2004	17.1	16.9
Her Own Rules	#11June 1996	5	May 1996 – June 1996	15.8	15.4
Three Weeks in Paris	#9March 2002	4	March 2002 – March 2002	14.8	14.7
Just Rewards	#9January 2006	3	January 2006 – February 2006	12.7	12.7
Where You Belong	#10April 2000	3	April 2000 – April 2000	10.2	9.4
A Secret Affair	#11October 1996	3	October 1996 – November 1996	8.5	8.5
The Triumph of Katie Byrne	#13April 2001	2	April 2001 – April 2001	5.2	5.2
Being Elizabeth	#12September 2008	1	September 2008	3.2	3.2
Cavendon Hall	#16April 2014	1	April 2014	1.8	1.8