Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
John Jakes
Charting Feb 7, 1982 → Sep 22, 2002 · 98 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 9.70%
- week of May 9, 1982
- Career Power
- 726
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 7
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 284
- September 1981 – September 1982
- Peak Five Years
- 473
- March 1980 – March 1985
- Top-five weeks
- 46
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 98
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Feb 28, 1982
- Comebacks
- 3
- November 1984, October 1987, October 1989
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Nov 14, 1982 | Nov 11, 1984 | 104 | 101 | 9.70% | 3.82% |
| After absence | May 12, 1985 | Oct 25, 1987 | 128 | 125 | 9.70% | 3.81% |
| After decline | Mar 27, 1988 | Oct 8, 1989 | 80 | 77 | 9.70% | 3.47% |
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions (config version 4, Sep 22, 2026). How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
7 books · 726 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North and South | #1 | 33 | 284.3 | ||
| Love and War | #2 | 21 | 188.9 | ||
| Heaven and Hell | #2 | 20 | 132.8 | ||
| California Gold | #3 | 17 | 103.6 | ||
| Charleston | #12 | 4 | 9.8 | ||
| Homeland | #15 | 2 | 4.2 | ||
| On Secret Service | #15 | 1 | 2.2 |