Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
John Saul
Charting Jul 1, 1990 → Apr 4, 2004 · 9 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.17%
- week of Aug 11, 1991
- Career Power
- 26
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 13
- August 1990 – August 1991
- Peak Five Years
- 23
- August 1989 – July 1994
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 9
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.63%
- week of Jul 28, 1991
- 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
4 books · 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darkness | #11 | 4 | 12.7 | ||
| Second Child | #13 | 3 | 7.2 | ||
| Black Creek Crossing | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| The Homing | #13 | 1 | 2.8 |
At their peak
1990 in books →John Saul's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from August 1990 to August 1991. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Stephen King322
- 2Jean M. Auel315
- 3Danielle Steel276
- 4Dr. Seuss238
- 5John Grisham230
- 6Sidney Sheldon217
- 7Scott Turow184
- 8Mary Higgins Clark165
- 9Anne Rice161
- 10Dean R. Koontz147
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.