Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Joan D. Vinge
Charting Jun 12, 1983 → Jan 15, 1984 · 32 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
8 crowns
19831984Longest reign 8 weeks (Jun–Jul 1983) · First crown Jun 1983
- Peak Power
- 10.20%
- week of Aug 28, 1983
- Career Power
- 265
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 8
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 265
- January 1983 – January 1984
- Peak Five Years
- 265
- January 1979 – January 1984
- Top-five weeks
- 15
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 32
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Jun 12, 1983
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
2 books · 265 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return of the Jedi | #1 | 31 | 250.7 | ||
| The Return of the Jedi | #1 | 1 | 14.5 |
At their peak
1983 in books →Joan D. Vinge's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from January 1983 to January 1984. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1James A. Michener459
- 2Stephen King436
- 3Umberto Eco344
- 4John le Carré343
- 5Joan D. Vinge265
- 6Danielle Steel211
- 7Stephen R. Donaldson169
- 8Jackie Collins168
- 9Nora Ephron158
- 10Judith Rossner137
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.