Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Jackie Collins

Charting Oct 4, 1981 → Feb 23, 2014 · 150 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 7.74%; week of Oct 20, 1985
Career Power: 949; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 2; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 180; February 1983 – February 1984
Peak Five Years: 599; August 1983 – July 1988
Top-five weeks: 55; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 150; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Sep 1, 1985
Comebacks: 4; September 1985, May 1988, October 1990, April 1993

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Apr 8, 1984	Sep 8, 1985	74	72	7.37%	3.83%
After decline	Apr 19, 1987	May 8, 1988	55	53	7.74%	3.39%
After absence	Oct 9, 1988	Oct 21, 1990	106	104	7.74%	2.72%
After absence	Mar 17, 1991	Apr 18, 1993	109	107	7.74%	2.95%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions (config version 4, Sep 22, 2026). How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction

20 books · 949 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
Hollywood Wives	#4August 1983	28	August 1983 – February 1984	180.3	180.2
Lucky	#1September 1985	23	August 1985 – February 1986	170.4	170.2
Hollywood Husbands	#3October 1986	17	October 1986 – February 1987	138.7	138.5
Rock Star	#2May 1988	17	April 1988 – August 1988	116.8	116.8
Lady Boss	#2October 1990	16	October 1990 – January 1991	112.4	111.5
American Star	#3April 1993	8	April 1993 – May 1993	52.5	52.5
Hollywood Wives -- the New Generation	#5July 2001	5	July 2001 – August 2001	29.2	29.2
Lovers & Players	#6February 2006	5	February 2006 – April 2006	23.4	23.3
Poor Little Bitch Girl	#4March 2010	4	February 2010 – March 2010	22.2	22.1
Drop Dead Beautiful	#5July 2007	3	July 2007 – July 2007	21.1	21.0
Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge	#8March 1997	5	February 1997 – March 1997	20.3	20.3
Lethal Seduction	#7August 2000	3	July 2000 – August 2000	15.3	15.3
Dangerous KISS	#11June 1999	4	June 1999 – July 1999	11.3	11.0
Hollywood Kids	#10October 1994	3	October 1994 – October 1994	8.7	8.7
Married Lovers	#9June 2008	2	June 2008 – July 2008	7.6	7.5
Goddess of Vengeance	#10October 2011	2	October 2011 – October 2011	6.9	6.9
The Power Trip	#13March 2013	2	March 2013 – March 2013	4.6	4.6
Deadly Embrace	#13June 2002	1	June 2002	2.8	2.8
Confessions of a Wild Child	#13February 2014	1	February 2014	2.8	2.8
Chances	#15October 1981	1	October 1981	2.1	2.1