Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Jacqueline Susann

Charting Mar 13, 1966 → Jan 2, 1977 · 158 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 14.18%; week of Nov 13, 1966
Career Power: 1,756; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 49; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 670; April 1966 – April 1967
Peak Five Years: 1,148; January 1965 – January 1970
Top-five weeks: 128; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 158; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of May 8, 1966
Comebacks: 3; June 1969, May 1973, August 1976

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Jul 30, 1967	Jun 22, 1969	99	95	14.18%	5.14%
After absence	Mar 1, 1970	May 13, 1973	167	162	14.18%	5.72%
After absence	Jan 27, 1974	Aug 29, 1976	135	129	14.18%	5.27%

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

4 books · 1,756 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
Valley of the Dolls	#1May 1966	65	March 1966 – June 1967	764.2	764.2
The Love Machine	#1June 1969	32	May 1969 – January 1970	384.3	384.3
Once Is Not Enough	#1May 1973	36	April 1973 – December 1973	377.6	377.6
Dolores	#2August 1976	25	July 1976 – January 1977	229.8	229.8