Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Isaac Asimov
Charting Oct 17, 1982 → Apr 25, 1993 · 65 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 6.90%
- week of Feb 20, 1983
- Career Power
- 365
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 172
- April 1982 – April 1983
- Peak Five Years
- 323
- February 1982 – January 1987
- Top-five weeks
- 10
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 65
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Dec 5, 1982
- Comebacks
- 1
- Nov 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
5 books · 365 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation's Edge | #3 | 25 | 172.3 | ||
| Foundation and Earth | #7 | 15 | 77.4 | ||
| The Robots of Dawn | #6 | 13 | 73.5 | ||
| Prelude to Foundation | #10 | 9 | 24.9 | ||
| Forward the Foundation | #7 | 3 | 16.6 |
At their peak
1982 in books →Isaac Asimov's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from April 1982 to April 1983. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1James A. Michener370
- 2Robert Ludlum361
- 3Sidney Sheldon318
- 4Jean M. Auel277
- 5William Kotzwinkle235
- 6Stephen King223
- 7Arthur C. Clarke210
- 8Jeffrey Archer208
- 9Judith Krantz208
- 10Ken Follett206
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.