Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Edward Rutherfurd
Charting Aug 23, 1987 → Jun 2, 2013 · 61 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.19%
- week of Nov 8, 1987
- Career Power
- 305
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 133
- February 1987 – February 1988
- Peak Five Years
- 157
- October 1986 – October 1991
- Top-five weeks
- 6
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 61
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Sep 20, 1987
- Comebacks
- 3
- Oct 1991 · Jul 1997, after 6 quiet years · Apr 2004, after 6 quiet years
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
7 books · 305 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarum | #3 | 24 | 132.7 | ||
| London | #5 | 18 | 86.2 | ||
| The Princes of Ireland | #8 | 6 | 29.5 | ||
| Russka | #7 | 5 | 24.1 | ||
| Paris | #4 | 4 | 19.3 | ||
| The Rebels of Ireland | #10 | 3 | 10.6 | ||
| New York | #14 | 1 | 2.4 |
At their peak
1987 in books →Edward Rutherfurd's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from February 1987 to February 1988. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Stephen King632
- 2Danielle Steel457
- 3Tom Clancy432
- 4Scott Turow368
- 5Sidney Sheldon303
- 6Louis L'Amour188
- 7Garrison Keillor171
- 8Tom Wolfe159
- 9Edward Rutherfurd133
- 10John Jakes130
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.