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Clare Francis

Charting Feb 19, 1984May 6, 1984 · 10 weeks with chart power

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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.

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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:

  1. 1Stephen King533
  2. 2Umberto Eco439
  3. 3James A. Michener416
  4. 4Joan D. Vinge265
  5. 5John le Carré227
  6. 6Danielle Steel224
  7. 7Jackie Collins180
  8. 8Nora Ephron149
  9. 9Bill Adler143
  10. 10Thomas Chastain143

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.