Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Frank McDonald
Charting Dec 9, 1979 → Dec 16, 1979 · 2 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 0.46%
- week of Dec 16, 1979
- Career Power
- 4
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 4
- December 1978 – December 1979
- Peak Five Years
- 4
- September 1974 – December 1979
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 2
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.40%
- week of Dec 9, 1979
- 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
1 book · 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provenance | #14 | 2 | 4.5 |
At their peak
1978 in books →Frank McDonald's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from December 1978 to December 1979. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Herman Wouk410
- 2Robert Ludlum399
- 3James A. Michener351
- 4William Styron284
- 5Howard Fast229
- 6Joseph Heller207
- 7General Sir John Hackett205
- 8Mary Stewart202
- 9Arthur Hailey177
- 10Trevanian176
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1970s.