Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Paul Erdman
Charting Aug 30, 1981 → Mar 13, 1988 · 31 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.14%
- week of Mar 29, 1987
- Career Power
- 147
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 78
- January 1981 – January 1982
- Peak Five Years
- 78
- October 1976 – January 1982
- Top-five weeks
- 4
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 31
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 7.51%
- week of Mar 8, 1987
- Comebacks
- 1
- February 1987
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Mar 14, 1982 | Feb 15, 1987 | 257 | 254 | 3.86% | 1.87% |
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions (config version 4, Sep 22, 2026). How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
3 books · 147 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 Last Days of America | #6 | 17 | 78.1 | ||
| The Panic of '89 | #6 | 13 | 67.0 | ||
| The Palace | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |