Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Chris Van Allsburg
Charting Dec 22, 1985 → Jan 12, 1992 · 34 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.01%
- week of Jan 15, 1989
- Career Power
- 248
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 64
- January 1988 – January 1989
- Peak Five Years
- 214
- January 1987 – January 1992
- Top-five weeks
- 15
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 34
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.15%
- week of Dec 30, 1990
- Comebacks
- 1
- Dec 1987
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
1 book · 248 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Polar Express | #3 | 34 | 247.8 |
At their peak
1988 in books →Chris Van Allsburg's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from January 1988 to January 1989. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Tom Wolfe423
- 2Tom Clancy390
- 3Danielle Steel296
- 4James A. Michener284
- 5Robert Ludlum270
- 6Gabriel Garcia Marquez221
- 7Rosamunde Pilcher196
- 8Judith Krantz154
- 9Anne Rice141
- 10Stephen King133
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.