Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Pat Conroy
Charting Oct 5, 1986 → Oct 25, 2009 · 81 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
6 crowns
19862009Longest reign 3 weeks (Aug–Sep 2009) · First crown Jul 1995
- Peak Power
- 8.63%
- week of Sep 17, 1995
- Career Power
- 523
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 6
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 240
- October 1986 – September 1987
- Peak Five Years
- 255
- November 1982 – November 1987
- Top-five weeks
- 25
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 81
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.69%
- week of Jul 16, 1995
- Comebacks
- 2
- Jul 1995, after 8 quiet years · Sep 2009, after 14 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
3 books · 523 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 Prince of Tides | #4 | 50 | 255.4 | ||
| Beach Music | #1 | 22 | 179.2 | ||
| South of Broad | #1 | 9 | 88.9 |
At their peak
1986 in books →Pat Conroy's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from October 1986 to September 1987. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Stephen King714
- 2Tom Clancy502
- 3Danielle Steel356
- 4Sidney Sheldon319
- 5Pat Conroy240
- 6Louis L'Amour225
- 7James Clavell202
- 8Scott Turow175
- 9Jackie Collins139
- 10Stephen Coonts138
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.