Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Larry Collins
Charting Sep 14, 1980 → Jul 16, 1989 · 39 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.41%
- week of Dec 7, 1980
- Career Power
- 125
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 95
- March 1980 – March 1981
- Peak Five Years
- 116
- September 1980 – September 1985
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 39
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 5.50%
- week of Sep 28, 1980
- Comebacks
- 1
- August 1985
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | May 24, 1981 | Aug 18, 1985 | 221 | 217 | 3.41% | 1.40% |
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions (config version 4, Sep 22, 2026). How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
3 books · 125 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Fifth Horsemanwith Dominique Lapierre | #3 | 28 | 94.9 | ||
| Fall from Grace | #9 | 9 | 25.4 | ||
| Maze | #14 | 2 | 4.8 |