Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Michael M. Thomas
Charting Aug 17, 1980 → Sep 21, 1980 · 6 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.16%
- week of Sep 21, 1980
- Career Power
- 14
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 14
- September 1979 – September 1980
- Peak Five Years
- 14
- July 1975 – September 1980
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 6
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.75%
- week of Sep 14, 1980
- 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 · 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Monday | #13 | 6 | 13.8 |
At their peak
1979 in books →Michael M. Thomas's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from September 1979 to September 1980. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Robert Ludlum412
- 2Judith Krantz352
- 3Kurt Vonnegut296
- 4Ken Follett277
- 5Frederick Forsyth252
- 6Stephen King246
- 7John le Carré239
- 8Howard Fast215
- 9Belva Plain214
- 10William Styron195
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.