Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Jean M. Auel
Charting Oct 12, 1980 → Jun 26, 2011 · 164 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
25 crowns
19802011Longest reign 9 weeks (Oct–Dec 1990) · First crown Nov 1985
- Peak Power
- 11.67%
- week of Jan 27, 1991
- Career Power
- 1,318
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 25
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 392
- October 1985 – October 1986
- Peak Five Years
- 722
- October 1981 – October 1986
- Top-five weeks
- 87
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 164
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.74%
- week of Jan 13, 1991
- Comebacks
- 5
- Sep 1982 · Dec 1985 · Nov 1990 · Jun 2002, after 11 quiet years · May 2011, after 9 quiet years
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
6 books · 1,318 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mammoth Hunters | #1 | 47 | 391.6 | ||
| The Valley of Horses | #2 | 47 | 330.2 | ||
| The Plains of Passage | #1 | 29 | 314.5 | ||
| The Shelters of Stone | #1 | 12 | 116.0 | ||
| The Land of Painted Caves | #1 | 11 | 103.1 | ||
| The Clan of the Cave Bear | #8 | 18 | 62.7 |
At their peak
1985 in books →Jean M. Auel's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from October 1985 to October 1986. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Garrison Keillor422
- 2Jean M. Auel392
- 3Danielle Steel321
- 4Robert Ludlum306
- 5James A. Michener262
- 6Judith Krantz196
- 7John le Carré195
- 8Carl Sagan190
- 9Ken Follett184
- 10Louis L'Amour179
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.