Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Gary Jennings
Charting Feb 5, 1984 → Apr 15, 1984 · 10 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.93%
- week of Apr 15, 1984
- Career Power
- 30
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 30
- April 1983 – April 1984
- Peak Five Years
- 30
- April 1979 – April 1984
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 10
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 4.79%
- week of Feb 26, 1984
- 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 · 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Journeyer | #9 | 10 | 30.1 |
At their peak
1983 in books →Gary Jennings's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from April 1983 to April 1984. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Stephen King553
- 2Umberto Eco431
- 3James A. Michener418
- 4John le Carré270
- 5Joan D. Vinge265
- 6Danielle Steel224
- 7Jackie Collins180
- 8Nora Ephron158
- 9Stephen R. Donaldson143
- 10Bill Adler140
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.