Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Janet Dailey
Charting Aug 19, 1984 → Oct 25, 1992 · 56 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.83%
- week of Feb 26, 1989
- Career Power
- 278
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 72
- April 1988 – April 1989
- Peak Five Years
- 232
- June 1986 – May 1991
- Top-five weeks
- 12
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 56
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Feb 5, 1989
- Comebacks
- 3
- May 1987 · Jan 1989 · Oct 1992
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
6 books · 278 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivals | #3 | 11 | 72.4 | ||
| Heiress | #4 | 16 | 66.2 | ||
| Masquerade | #4 | 10 | 55.1 | ||
| Aspen Gold | #4 | 6 | 38.8 | ||
| Silver Wings, Santiago Blue | #9 | 7 | 24.1 | ||
| Tangled Vines | #8 | 6 | 21.7 |
At their peak
1988 in books →Janet Dailey's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from April 1988 to April 1989. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Tom Clancy415
- 2James A. Michener298
- 3Danielle Steel292
- 4Tom Wolfe268
- 5Gabriel Garcia Marquez240
- 6Sidney Sheldon235
- 7Robert Ludlum224
- 8Anne Tyler181
- 9Rosamunde Pilcher163
- 10Anne Rice161
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.