Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Clare Francis
Charting Feb 19, 1984 → May 6, 1984 · 10 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.44%
- week of Apr 15, 1984
- Career Power
- 38
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 38
- May 1983 – May 1984
- Peak Five Years
- 38
- May 1979 – May 1984
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 10
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 5.50%
- week of Mar 18, 1984
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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 · 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Night Sky | #8 | 10 | 37.9 |
At their peak
1983 in books →Clare Francis's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from May 1983 to May 1984. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Stephen King533
- 2Umberto Eco439
- 3James A. Michener416
- 4Joan D. Vinge265
- 5John le Carré227
- 6Danielle Steel224
- 7Jackie Collins180
- 8Nora Ephron149
- 9Bill Adler143
- 10Thomas Chastain143
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.