Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Martin Cruz Smith
Charting Apr 12, 1981 → Dec 1, 2013 · 71 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
4 crowns
19812013Longest reign 2 weeks (Apr–May 1981) · First crown Apr 1981
- Peak Power
- 11.07%
- week of Aug 16, 1981
- Career Power
- 567
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 4
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 383
- February 1981 – February 1982
- Peak Five Years
- 383
- November 1976 – February 1982
- Top-five weeks
- 35
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 71
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Apr 26, 1981
- Comebacks
- 1
- Aug 1989, after 7 quiet years
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
7 books · 567 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorky Park | #1 | 45 | 383.0 | ||
| Polar Star | #1 | 15 | 149.7 | ||
| Red Square | #11 | 6 | 15.8 | ||
| Three Stations | #7 | 2 | 10.5 | ||
| Tatiana | #12 | 1 | 3.2 | ||
| December 6 | #13 | 1 | 2.8 | ||
| Stallion Gate | #14 | 1 | 2.4 |
At their peak
1981 in books →Martin Cruz Smith's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from February 1981 to February 1982. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1James Clavell475
- 2Martin Cruz Smith383
- 3Stephen King327
- 4John Irving287
- 5Kit Williams251
- 6Colleen McCullough238
- 7James A. Michener227
- 8Lawrence Sanders171
- 9Andrew M. Greeley160
- 10Cynthia Freeman159
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.