Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
James Gurney
Charting Dec 27, 1992 → Jan 3, 1993 · 2 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 0.55%
- week of Jan 3, 1993
- Career Power
- 5
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 5
- January 1992 – January 1993
- Peak Five Years
- 5
- January 1988 – January 1993
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 2
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.83%
- week of Dec 27, 1992
- 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 · 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinotopia | #13 | 2 | 5.3 |
At their peak
1992 in books →James Gurney's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from January 1992 to January 1993. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1John Grisham496
- 2Stephen King344
- 3Danielle Steel280
- 4Terry McMillan239
- 5Michael Crichton175
- 6Dr. Seuss164
- 7Alexandra Ripley159
- 8Uncredited148
- 9Anne Rice136
- 10Sidney Sheldon133
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1990s.