Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
James Elward
Charting Apr 25, 1982 → Aug 1, 1982 · 14 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.34%
- week of Jul 18, 1982
- Career Power
- 25
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 25
- August 1981 – August 1982
- Peak Five Years
- 25
- May 1977 – August 1982
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 14
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.16%
- week of May 9, 1982
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
1 book · 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Smiles, Private Tearswith Helen Van Slyke | #7 | 14 | 25.2 |
At their peak
1981 in books →James Elward's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from August 1981 to August 1982. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1John Irving368
- 2Colleen McCullough360
- 3James Clavell308
- 4Stephen King302
- 5Robert Ludlum283
- 6John Jakes253
- 7Andrew M. Greeley222
- 8Bette Bao Lord210
- 9Martin Cruz Smith180
- 10Lawrence Sanders172
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.