Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Jerry Pournelle
Charting Jun 23, 1985 → Jul 21, 1985 · 3 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 0.29%
- week of Jul 21, 1985
- Career Power
- 3
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 3
- July 1984 – July 1985
- Peak Five Years
- 3
- August 1980 – July 1985
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 3
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 1.20%
- week of Jul 7, 1985
- 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 · 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footfallwith Larry Niven | #14 | 3 | 3.3 |
At their peak
1984 in books →Jerry Pournelle's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from July 1984 to July 1985. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Sidney Sheldon285
- 2Frederick Forsyth262
- 3Helen Hooven Santmyer261
- 4Mario Puzo223
- 5Danielle Steel220
- 6Stephen King206
- 7Gore Vidal193
- 8John Jakes189
- 9Richard Bachman182
- 10Tom Clancy163
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.