Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Ethan Canin
Charting Mar 20, 1988 → Jul 20, 2008 · 9 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.46%
- week of May 8, 1988
- Career Power
- 22
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 18
- May 1987 – May 1988
- Peak Five Years
- 18
- May 1983 – May 1988
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 9
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.16%
- week of May 1, 1988
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
2 books · 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emperor of the Air | #12 | 7 | 18.0 | ||
| America America | #15 | 2 | 3.9 |
At their peak
1987 in books →Ethan Canin's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from May 1987 to May 1988. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Stephen King540
- 2Scott Turow462
- 3Danielle Steel403
- 4Tom Clancy370
- 5Tom Wolfe328
- 6Louis L'Amour188
- 7Garrison Keillor175
- 8Toni Morrison150
- 9John Jakes133
- 10Edward Rutherfurd133
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.