Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Gerald A. Browne
Charting Sep 5, 1982 → Apr 13, 1986 · 17 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.11%
- week of Apr 13, 1986
- Career Power
- 54
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 33
- April 1985 – April 1986
- Peak Five Years
- 54
- April 1981 – April 1986
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 17
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 4.79%
- week of Feb 23, 1986
- Comebacks
- 1
- Feb 1986
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 · 54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone 588 | #9 | 10 | 33.4 | ||
| 19 Purchase Street | #10 | 7 | 20.4 |
At their peak
1985 in books →Gerald A. Browne's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from April 1985 to April 1986. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Garrison Keillor411
- 2Stephen King292
- 3James A. Michener272
- 4Jean M. Auel269
- 5Danielle Steel245
- 6Tom Clancy241
- 7Carl Sagan196
- 8John Irving177
- 9Jackie Collins170
- 10Sidney Sheldon169
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.