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Jeffrey Archer

Also credited as Jeffery Archer

Charting Dec 25, 1977 → Nov 25, 2018 · 176 weeks with chart power

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Honours

Author of the Week

NYT Hardcover Fiction
9 crowns
19772018
Longest reign 3 weeks (Jul–Aug 1982) · First crown Jul 1982

Peak Power: 9.49%; week of Aug 22, 1982
Career Power: 1,136; share-weeks
Crowns: 9; weeks crowned Author of the Week

Peak Year: 208; November 1981 – November 1982
Peak Five Years: 531; February 1980 – February 1985
Top-five weeks: 55; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 176; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Jul 4, 1982
Comebacks: 5; Jun 1982 · Aug 1984 · Jul 1986 · Jun 1991 · Feb 2003, after 11 quiet years

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

22 books · 1,136 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 Prodigal Daughter	#1July 1982	22	June 1982 – November 1982	207.9	207.9
Kane & Abel	#4June 1980	29	April 1980 – November 1980	166.5	166.5
First Among Equals	#1August 1984	18	August 1984 – February 1985	156.4	156.4
A Matter of Honor	#2July 1986	17	July 1986 – October 1986	155.0	155.0
As the Crow Flies	#3June 1991	18	May 1991 – September 1991	108.1	108.1
Sons of Fortune	#3February 2003	8	January 2003 – March 2003	49.4	49.4
Honor Among Thieves	#5August 1993	8	July 1993 – September 1993	39.2	39.2
Be Careful What You Wish For	#3March 2014	6	March 2014 – May 2014	35.2	35.2
The Fourth Estate	#8July 1996	8	June 1996 – August 1996	30.2	29.6
A Prisoner of Birth	#6March 2008	5	March 2008 – April 2008	29.5	29.5
Cometh the Hour	#1March 2016	3	March 2016 – March 2016	26.6	26.6
The Eleventh Commandment	#6July 1998	6	July 1998 – August 1998	24.9	24.9
Best Kept Secret	#4May 2013	5	May 2013 – June 2013	21.1	21.1
Mightier Than the Sword	#3March 2015	4	March 2015 – April 2015	20.7	20.7
A Twist in the Tale	#9February 1989	4	January 1989 – February 1989	14.2	14.2
False Impression	#8March 2006	3	March 2006 – April 2006	13.5	13.5
Only Time Will Tell	#7September 2011	3	September 2011 – October 2011	10.5	10.5
The Sins of the Father	#11May 2012	3	May 2012 – June 2012	8.8	8.8
Paths of Glory	#13March 2009	3	March 2009 – April 2009	7.3	7.3
This Was a Man	#7November 2016	1	November 2016	6.3	6.3
Shall We Tell the President?	#15December 1977	1	December 1977	2.1	2.1
Heads You Win	#15November 2018	1	November 2018	2.1	2.1

At their peak

1981 in books →

Jeffrey Archer's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from November 1981 to November 1982. The most powerful authors over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s.