Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Michael Korda
Charting Jul 25, 1982 → Apr 30, 1989 · 21 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.92%
- week of Apr 9, 1989
- Career Power
- 84
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 43
- May 1988 – April 1989
- Peak Five Years
- 82
- May 1984 – April 1989
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 21
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 6.32%
- week of Mar 12, 1989
- Comebacks
- 1
- March 1989
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Sep 22, 1985 | Mar 12, 1989 | 181 | 179 | 2.62% | 1.39% |
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 · 84 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 Fortune | #7 | 10 | 42.9 | ||
| Queenie | #8 | 10 | 39.2 | ||
| Worldly Goods | #14 | 1 | 2.4 |