Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Bill Adler

Charting Sep 4, 1983Sep 16, 1984 · 39 weeks with chart power

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Peak Power
5.02%
week of Mar 4, 1984
Career Power
147
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
0
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
144
September 1983 – August 1984
Peak Five Years
147
September 1979 – September 1984
Top-five weeks
1
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
39
weeks with chart power
Dominance
7.26%
week of Jan 29, 1984
Comebacks
0
none detected

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

2 books · 147 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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
Who Killed the Robins Family?with Thomas Chastain#135142.8
The Revenge of the Robins Familywith Thomas Chastain#1344.5