Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
M.M. Kaye
Charting Nov 12, 1978 → Sep 20, 1981 · 43 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.89%
- week of Jan 21, 1979
- Career Power
- 249
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 162
- November 1978 – November 1979
- Peak Five Years
- 249
- July 1976 – September 1981
- Top-five weeks
- 9
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 43
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Dec 17, 1978
- Comebacks
- 1
- Aug 1981
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
3 books · 249 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 Far Pavilions | #3 | 19 | 126.6 | ||
| Shadow of the Moon | #3 | 15 | 81.1 | ||
| Trade Wind | #7 | 9 | 41.7 |
At their peak
1978 in books →M.M. Kaye's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from November 1978 to November 1979. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Herman Wouk471
- 2James A. Michener414
- 3Robert Ludlum382
- 4William Styron248
- 5Joseph Heller207
- 6General Sir John Hackett199
- 7Howard Fast192
- 8Arthur Hailey177
- 9Trevanian176
- 10Ruth Beebe Hill162
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.