Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Judith Viorst
Charting Oct 22, 1989 → Nov 26, 1989 · 6 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.39%
- week of Nov 26, 1989
- Career Power
- 17
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 17
- December 1988 – November 1989
- Peak Five Years
- 17
- December 1984 – November 1989
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 6
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 4.17%
- week of Oct 22, 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
1 book · 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOREVER FIFTY: And Other Negotiations | #10 | 6 | 17.2 |
At their peak
1988 in books →Judith Viorst's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from December 1988 to November 1989. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Tom Clancy369
- 2Amy Tan253
- 3John le Carré235
- 4Salman Rushdie224
- 5Danielle Steel222
- 6Sidney Sheldon215
- 7Mary Higgins Clark187
- 8Frederick Forsyth158
- 9Martin Cruz Smith150
- 10John Irving126
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.