Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Carl Sagan
Charting Oct 13, 1985 → Mar 23, 1986 · 24 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.93%
- week of Jan 26, 1986
- Career Power
- 196
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 196
- March 1985 – March 1986
- Peak Five Years
- 196
- April 1981 – March 1986
- Top-five weeks
- 15
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 24
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Oct 20, 1985
- 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
1 book · 196 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contact | #3 | 24 | 196.0 |