Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Erich Segal
Charting Mar 1, 1970 → May 10, 1992 · 133 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 14.46%
- week of Feb 14, 1971
- Career Power
- 1,282
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 48
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 728
- March 1970 – March 1971
- Peak Five Years
- 789
- May 1966 – May 1971
- Top-five weeks
- 81
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 133
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of May 10, 1970
- Comebacks
- 2
- April 1977, October 1988
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 4, 1971 | Apr 17, 1977 | 302 | 297 | 14.46% | 5.75% |
| After absence | Nov 20, 1977 | Oct 2, 1988 | 554 | 247 | 14.46% | 5.20% |
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 · 1,282 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love Story | #1 | 62 | 788.9 | ||
| Oliver's Story | #1 | 31 | 300.8 | ||
| Doctors | #4 | 12 | 79.3 | ||
| The Class | #4 | 17 | 73.0 | ||
| Acts of Faith | #8 | 6 | 24.7 | ||
| Man, Woman and Child | #10 | 5 | 15.7 |