Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Jude Deveraux
Charting Aug 13, 1989 → Aug 22, 2010 · 52 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.07%
- week of Oct 1, 1989
- Career Power
- 213
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 62
- August 1989 – August 1990
- Peak Five Years
- 109
- October 1987 – October 1992
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 52
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of Aug 27, 1989
- Comebacks
- 3
- Oct 1991 · Oct 1996 · Jun 2001
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
13 books · 213 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knight in Shining Armor | #5 | 10 | 47.1 | ||
| Sweet Liar | #7 | 7 | 31.3 | ||
| The Summerhouse | #7 | 6 | 25.2 | ||
| Legend | #8 | 5 | 21.8 | ||
| The Duchess | #9 | 4 | 15.9 | ||
| Mountain Laurel | #10 | 4 | 15.1 | ||
| The Mulberry Tree | #8 | 4 | 12.7 | ||
| Wild Orchids | #6 | 2 | 10.9 | ||
| Lavender Morning | #7 | 2 | 10.0 | ||
| High Tide | #14 | 3 | 7.7 | ||
| Someone to Love | #8 | 2 | 7.6 | ||
| Temptation | #12 | 2 | 5.9 | ||
| Scarlet Nights | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |
At their peak
1989 in books →Jude Deveraux's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from August 1989 to August 1990. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Tom Clancy414
- 2Stephen King336
- 3Danielle Steel297
- 4Dr. Seuss263
- 5Robert Ludlum196
- 6Rosamunde Pilcher175
- 7James A. Michener168
- 8P.D. James140
- 9Dean R. Koontz134
- 10Ken Follett129
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.