Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Garrison Keillor
Charting Mar 28, 1982 → Oct 21, 2007 · 121 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
6 crowns
19822007Longest reign 4 weeks (Sep–Oct 1985) · First crown Sep 1985
- Peak Power
- 12.18%
- week of Mar 2, 1986
- Career Power
- 915
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 6
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 511
- August 1985 – July 1986
- Peak Five Years
- 747
- July 1984 – July 1989
- Top-five weeks
- 58
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 121
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Sep 15, 1985
- Comebacks
- 1
- Nov 1987
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
10 books · 915 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Wobegon Days | #1 | 48 | 511.2 | ||
| Leaving Home | #2 | 21 | 174.7 | ||
| We Are Still Married | #5 | 13 | 60.8 | ||
| The Book of Guys | #6 | 9 | 43.5 | ||
| WLT | #7 | 7 | 32.6 | ||
| Wobegon Boy | #9 | 7 | 26.1 | ||
| Pontoon | #3 | 4 | 24.6 | ||
| Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 | #7 | 5 | 24.4 | ||
| Love Me | #11 | 4 | 9.6 | ||
| Happy to Be Here | #12 | 3 | 7.6 |
At their peak
1985 in books →Garrison Keillor's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from August 1985 to July 1986. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Garrison Keillor511
- 2Jean M. Auel360
- 3James A. Michener277
- 4Robert Ludlum249
- 5Stephen King203
- 6Danielle Steel197
- 7Carl Sagan196
- 8Ken Follett184
- 9Jackie Collins170
- 10Lawrence Sanders168
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.