Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Joan Rivers
Charting Nov 18, 1984 → Mar 17, 1985 · 18 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 6.74%
- week of Mar 3, 1985
- Career Power
- 131
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 131
- March 1984 – March 1985
- Peak Five Years
- 131
- March 1980 – March 1985
- Top-five weeks
- 12
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 18
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Jan 6, 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 · 131 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 Life and Hard Times of Heidi Abromowitz | #4 | 18 | 131.3 |
At their peak
1984 in books →Joan Rivers's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from March 1984 to March 1985. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Helen Hooven Santmyer330
- 2Robert Ludlum325
- 3Frederick Forsyth262
- 4Gore Vidal242
- 5Dr. Seuss230
- 6Mario Puzo210
- 7Stephen King206
- 8Danielle Steel203
- 9Leon Uris190
- 10John Jakes189
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.