Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

John D. MacDonald

Charting Mar 23, 1975 → Aug 17, 1986 · 139 weeks with chart power

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Peak Power: 7.33%; week of Jul 6, 1975
Career Power: 832; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Author of the Week

Peak Year: 170; October 1976 – October 1977
Peak Five Years: 469; November 1974 – January 1980
Top-five weeks: 42; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 139; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 11.01%; week of Jun 8, 1975
Comebacks: 3; May 1977 · May 1981 · May 1984

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

9 books · 832 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
Condominium	#3July 1977	27	April 1977 – October 1977	170.4	170.4
The Dreadful Lemon Sky	#3June 1975	23	March 1975 – August 1975	169.3	169.3
Free Fall in Crimson	#3May 1981	20	April 1981 – September 1981	141.5	141.5
Cinnamon Skin	#3July 1982	13	July 1982 – September 1982	85.9	85.9
The Green Ripper	#4December 1979	14	October 1979 – January 1980	75.1	75.1
The Lonely Silver Rain	#3April 1985	13	April 1985 – June 1985	72.7	72.7
The Empty Copper Sea	#6November 1978	11	November 1978 – January 1979	53.7	53.7
One More Sunday	#6April 1984	9	April 1984 – May 1984	38.1	38.1
Barrier Island	#11July 1986	9	June 1986 – August 1986	25.0	25.0

At their peak

1976 in books →

John D. MacDonald's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from October 1976 to October 1977. The most powerful authors over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.