Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
John Gregory Dunne
Charting Dec 4, 1977 → Apr 5, 1987 · 8 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 0.71%
- week of Apr 5, 1987
- Career Power
- 19
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 8
- July 1981 – June 1982
- Peak Five Years
- 15
- April 1982 – April 1987
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 8
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.81%
- week of Mar 22, 1987
- 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
3 books · 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Shea, Jr. | #13 | 3 | 7.5 | ||
| The Red White and Blue | #13 | 3 | 7.4 | ||
| True Confessions | #14 | 2 | 4.5 |
At their peak
1981 in books →John Gregory Dunne's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from July 1981 to June 1982. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1James Clavell381
- 2John Irving368
- 3Colleen McCullough360
- 4Stephen King302
- 5Martin Cruz Smith244
- 6Andrew M. Greeley225
- 7John Jakes219
- 8Robert Ludlum216
- 9Bette Bao Lord210
- 10Lawrence Sanders171
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.