Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Patrick F. McManus
Charting Nov 8, 1987 → Jan 10, 1988 · 9 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.53%
- week of Dec 27, 1987
- Career Power
- 22
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 22
- January 1987 – January 1988
- Peak Five Years
- 22
- January 1983 – January 1988
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 9
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.18%
- week of Dec 20, 1987
- 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 · 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rubber Legs and White Tail-Hairs | #12 | 9 | 22.5 |
At their peak
1987 in books →Patrick F. McManus's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from January 1987 to January 1988. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Stephen King647
- 2Tom Clancy458
- 3Danielle Steel423
- 4Scott Turow327
- 5Sidney Sheldon319
- 6Louis L'Amour188
- 7Garrison Keillor153
- 8Pat Conroy141
- 9Edward Rutherfurd125
- 10Mary Higgins Clark122
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.