Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
John M. Del Vecchio
Charting Sep 26, 1982 → Oct 17, 1982 · 4 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 0.88%
- week of Oct 17, 1982
- Career Power
- 10
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 10
- October 1981 – October 1982
- Peak Five Years
- 10
- July 1977 – October 1982
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 4
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.75%
- week of Sep 26, 1982
- 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 · 10 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 13th Valley | #13 | 4 | 9.6 |
At their peak
1981 in books →John M. Del Vecchio's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from October 1981 to October 1982. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Robert Ludlum371
- 2Colleen McCullough360
- 3John Irving302
- 4Stephen King292
- 5John Jakes284
- 6Bette Bao Lord210
- 7Ken Follett204
- 8Jeffrey Archer199
- 9James Clavell176
- 10Stephen R. Donaldson165
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.