Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Nicholson Baker
Charting Feb 23, 1992 → May 10, 1992 · 12 weeks with chart power
- 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.
| Title | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vox | #3 | 12 | 84.6 |
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:
- 1John Grisham436
- 2Alexandra Ripley338
- 3Tom Clancy279
- 4Dr. Seuss232
- 5Mary Higgins Clark228
- 6Stephen King203
- 7Danielle Steel187
- 8Amy Tan181
- 9Timothy Zahn170
- 10Sidney Sheldon152
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1990s.