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Nicholson Baker

Charting Feb 23, 1992May 10, 1992 · 12 weeks with chart power

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Peak Power
5.32%
week of Apr 19, 1992
Career Power
85
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Author of the Week
Peak Year
85
May 1991 – May 1992
Peak Five Years
85
May 1987 – May 1992
Top-five weeks
6
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
12
weeks with chart power
Dominance
11.01%
week of Mar 8, 1992
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 · 85 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.

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At their peak

1991 in books

Nicholson Baker's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from May 1991 to May 1992. The most powerful authors over those weeks:

  1. 1John Grisham436
  2. 2Alexandra Ripley338
  3. 3Tom Clancy279
  4. 4Dr. Seuss232
  5. 5Mary Higgins Clark228
  6. 6Stephen King203
  7. 7Danielle Steel187
  8. 8Amy Tan181
  9. 9Timothy Zahn170
  10. 10Sidney Sheldon152

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1990s.