Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Judith Krantz
Charting Mar 12, 1978 → May 12, 1996 · 168 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
12 crowns
19781996Longest reign 5 weeks (Feb–Mar 1980) · First crown Jun 1978
- Peak Power
- 11.62%
- week of Jun 22, 1980
- Career Power
- 1,413
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 12
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 358
- October 1979 – October 1980
- Peak Five Years
- 823
- January 1978 – April 1983
- Top-five weeks
- 97
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 168
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Jun 18, 1978
- Comebacks
- 6
- Feb 1980 · Dec 1982 · May 1986 · Sep 1988 · Jan 1991 · Jul 1992
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
9 books · 1,413 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princess Daisy | #1 | 36 | 358.4 | ||
| Scruples | #1 | 29 | 251.8 | ||
| Mistral's Daughter | #1 | 23 | 212.3 | ||
| I'll Take Manhattan | #1 | 24 | 196.4 | ||
| Till We Meet Again | #2 | 20 | 154.3 | ||
| Dazzle | #3 | 14 | 94.5 | ||
| Scruples Two | #2 | 9 | 77.4 | ||
| Lovers | #6 | 7 | 36.5 | ||
| Spring Collection | #4 | 6 | 31.1 |
At their peak
1979 in books →Judith Krantz'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 Ludlum406
- 2Judith Krantz358
- 3Ken Follett277
- 4Kurt Vonnegut271
- 5Frederick Forsyth252
- 6Stephen King250
- 7John le Carré239
- 8Belva Plain227
- 9Howard Fast215
- 10Sidney Sheldon199
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.