Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Dominick Dunne
Charting Aug 18, 1985 → Feb 1, 1998 · 67 weeks with chart power
- 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
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Feb 16, 1986 | May 29, 1988 | 119 | 117 | 4.98% | 1.77% |
| After decline | Nov 6, 1988 | Jun 3, 1990 | 82 | 79 | 4.98% | 1.99% |
| After absence | Nov 18, 1990 | May 16, 1993 | 130 | 128 | 4.98% | 2.13% |
| After absence | Aug 29, 1993 | Dec 14, 1997 | 224 | 222 | 4.98% | 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.
| Title | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | #5 | 16 | 94.6 | ||
| An Inconvenient Woman | #6 | 18 | 89.0 | ||
| People Like Us | #4 | 14 | 86.8 | ||
| Another City, Not My Own | #4 | 10 | 57.5 | ||
| A Season in Purgatory | #5 | 9 | 48.6 |