Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Helen Van Slyke
Charting Nov 19, 1978 → Aug 1, 1982 · 44 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.73%
- week of Jun 22, 1980
- Career Power
- 172
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 109
- August 1979 – August 1980
- Peak Five Years
- 172
- May 1977 – August 1982
- Top-five weeks
- 7
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 44
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of May 18, 1980
- 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
4 books · 172 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Love Lost | #3 | 17 | 109.1 | ||
| A Necessary Woman | #8 | 12 | 35.2 | ||
| Public Smiles, Private Tearswith James Elward | #7 | 14 | 25.2 | ||
| Sisters and Strangers | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |
At their peak
1979 in books →Helen Van Slyke's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from August 1979 to August 1980. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Robert Ludlum433
- 2Judith Krantz328
- 3Kurt Vonnegut304
- 4Ken Follett291
- 5William Styron262
- 6Frederick Forsyth252
- 7Mary Stewart242
- 8John le Carré239
- 9Howard Fast215
- 10Stephen King213
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.