Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Colleen McCullough
Charting May 22, 1977 → Oct 15, 2000 · 126 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 12.64%
- week of Mar 5, 1978
- Career Power
- 1,240
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 30
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 672
- June 1977 – June 1978
- Peak Five Years
- 1,073
- March 1977 – June 1982
- Top-five weeks
- 83
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 126
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Jun 19, 1977
- Comebacks
- 2
- November 1981, May 1987
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Dec 10, 1978 | Nov 15, 1981 | 153 | 150 | 12.64% | 4.76% |
| After absence | Jul 25, 1982 | May 24, 1987 | 252 | 146 | 12.64% | 4.47% |
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
6 books · 1,240 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 Thorn Birds | #1 | 59 | 713.0 | ||
| An Indecent Obsession | #1 | 33 | 359.5 | ||
| The Ladies of Missalonghi | #3 | 12 | 83.6 | ||
| The First Man in Rome | #7 | 8 | 41.6 | ||
| A Creed for the Third Millennium | #10 | 9 | 26.9 | ||
| Morgan's Run | #9 | 5 | 15.0 |