Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Paul E. Erdman
Charting Aug 25, 1974 → Oct 23, 1977 · 47 weeks with chart power
Honours
- Author of the Year
- Peak Power
- 11.50%
- week of Sep 4, 1977
- Career Power
- 453
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 443
- October 1976 – October 1977
- Peak Five Years
- 453
- November 1972 – October 1977
- Top-five weeks
- 35
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 47
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 12.64%
- week of Mar 20, 1977
- 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
2 books · 453 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 Crash of '79 | #2 | 45 | 442.5 | ||
| The Silver Bears | #8 | 2 | 10.3 |
At their peak
1976 in books →Paul E. Erdman's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from October 1976 to October 1977. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Leon Uris499
- 2Paul E. Erdman443
- 3Colleen McCullough301
- 4Erich Segal301
- 5John Cheever253
- 6Agatha Christie252
- 7Clive Cussler205
- 8Jack Higgins199
- 9Richard Bach179
- 10John D. MacDonald170
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1970s.