Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Dominick Dunne

Charting Aug 18, 1985Feb 1, 1998 · 67 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
4.98%
week of Jul 31, 1988
Career Power
376
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
0
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
95
December 1984 – December 1985
Peak Five Years
255
August 1985 – August 1990
Top-five weeks
12
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
67
weeks with chart power
Dominance
9.69%
week of Dec 14, 1997
Comebacks
4
May 1988, June 1990, May 1993, December 1997
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After absenceFeb 16, 1986May 29, 19881191174.98%1.77%
After declineNov 6, 1988Jun 3, 199082794.98%1.99%
After absenceNov 18, 1990May 16, 19931301284.98%2.13%
After absenceAug 29, 1993Dec 14, 19972242224.98%2.54%

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

5 books · 376 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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles#51694.6
An Inconvenient Woman#61889.0
People Like Us#41486.8
Another City, Not My Own#41057.5
A Season in Purgatory#5948.6