Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Patrick Suskind
Charting Nov 2, 1986 → Feb 1, 1987 · 11 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.87%
- week of Dec 21, 1986
- Career Power
- 32
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 32
- February 1986 – February 1987
- Peak Five Years
- 32
- February 1982 – February 1987
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 11
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 4.17%
- week of Nov 23, 1986
- 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 · 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perfume | #10 | 11 | 32.4 |
At their peak
1986 in books →Patrick Suskind's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from February 1986 to February 1987. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Tom Clancy340
- 2Robert Ludlum306
- 3Stephen King302
- 4Danielle Steel264
- 5Jean M. Auel233
- 6Garrison Keillor219
- 7Louis L'Amour206
- 8John le Carré200
- 9Judith Krantz196
- 10Ken Follett173
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.