Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Joseph F. Girzone
Charting Aug 27, 1989 → Dec 9, 1990 · 13 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.81%
- week of Oct 15, 1989
- Career Power
- 50
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 45
- November 1988 – November 1989
- Peak Five Years
- 50
- December 1985 – December 1990
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 13
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 7.26%
- week of Sep 10, 1989
- 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
2 books · 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua and the Children | #6 | 11 | 44.7 | ||
| The Shepherd | #13 | 2 | 5.2 |
At their peak
1988 in books →Joseph F. Girzone's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from November 1988 to November 1989. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Tom Clancy370
- 2Amy Tan248
- 3Sidney Sheldon244
- 4John le Carré235
- 5Salman Rushdie224
- 6Danielle Steel195
- 7Mary Higgins Clark187
- 8Frederick Forsyth158
- 9Martin Cruz Smith150
- 10Anne Tyler129
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.