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
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- 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
- October 1991, July 1997, April 2004
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Apr 10, 1988 | Oct 6, 1991 | 182 | 179 | 5.19% | 1.93% |
| After absence | Nov 17, 1991 | Jul 6, 1997 | 294 | 290 | 5.19% | 2.40% |
| After absence | Dec 14, 1997 | Apr 11, 2004 | 329 | 326 | 5.19% | 2.09% |
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
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 |