Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Joyce Carol Oates
Charting Aug 24, 1980 → Apr 7, 2013 · 8 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.66%
- week of Sep 28, 1980
- Career Power
- 25
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 22
- October 1979 – October 1980
- Peak Five Years
- 22
- August 1975 – October 1980
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 8
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.63%
- week of Aug 31, 1980
- 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 · 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellefleur | #11 | 7 | 22.1 | ||
| The Accursed | #13 | 1 | 2.8 |
At their peak
1979 in books →Joyce Carol Oates's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from October 1979 to October 1980. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Robert Ludlum399
- 2Judith Krantz358
- 3Ken Follett286
- 4Frederick Forsyth252
- 5Stephen King248
- 6Kurt Vonnegut245
- 7John le Carré239
- 8Belva Plain235
- 9Sidney Sheldon218
- 10Howard Fast203
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.