Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
James Clavell
Charting Sep 23, 1962 → Aug 1, 1993 · 159 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 12.12%
- week of Sep 20, 1981
- Career Power
- 1,367
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 19
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 497
- April 1981 – March 1982
- Peak Five Years
- 497
- January 1977 – March 1982
- Top-five weeks
- 88
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 159
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of May 10, 1981
- Comebacks
- 4
- August 1975, May 1981, November 1986, July 1993
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jun 4, 1967 | Aug 17, 1975 | 428 | 424 | 9.62% | 3.44% |
| After absence | Apr 18, 1976 | May 24, 1981 | 253 | 251 | 9.62% | 4.25% |
| After absence | May 16, 1982 | Nov 30, 1986 | 237 | 234 | 12.12% | 4.83% |
| After absence | May 17, 1987 | Jul 4, 1993 | 320 | 312 | 12.12% | 4.44% |
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
6 books · 1,367 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.