Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Jacqueline Briskin
Charting Feb 18, 1979 → Jun 11, 1989 · 24 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.10%
- week of Nov 13, 1983
- Career Power
- 78
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 26
- November 1982 – November 1983
- Peak Five Years
- 67
- April 1982 – March 1987
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 24
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 5.63%
- week of Mar 15, 1987
- Comebacks
- 2
- Sep 1985 · Mar 1987
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 · 78 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everything and More | #9 | 8 | 26.3 | ||
| Too Much, Too Soon | #8 | 7 | 25.0 | ||
| Dreams Are Not Enough | #8 | 5 | 15.7 | ||
| The Naked Heart | #12 | 3 | 8.0 | ||
| Paloverde | #13 | 1 | 2.8 |
At their peak
1982 in books →Jacqueline Briskin's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from November 1982 to November 1983. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1James A. Michener470
- 2Stephen King357
- 3John le Carré343
- 4Umberto Eco247
- 5Joan D. Vinge228
- 6Jean M. Auel215
- 7Arthur C. Clarke214
- 8Judith Krantz210
- 9Sidney Sheldon202
- 10Danielle Steel185
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.