Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
General Sir John Hackett
Charting May 6, 1979 → Mar 9, 1980 · 40 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.95%
- week of Sep 2, 1979
- Career Power
- 235
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 235
- March 1979 – March 1980
- Peak Five Years
- 235
- December 1974 – March 1980
- Top-five weeks
- 15
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 40
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Jun 10, 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 · 235 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 THIRD WORLD WAR: August 1985 | #3 | 40 | 235.5 |
At their peak
1979 in books →General Sir John Hackett's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from March 1979 to March 1980. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Robert Ludlum413
- 2William Styron347
- 3Kurt Vonnegut284
- 4Herman Wouk274
- 5Mary Stewart256
- 6Ken Follett255
- 7General Sir John Hackett235
- 8Howard Fast212
- 9Joseph Heller207
- 10Stephen King200
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.