Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Peter Straub
Charting Apr 29, 1979 → Jan 13, 2002 · 77 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.63%
- week of Jan 27, 1985
- Career Power
- 339
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 133
- April 1984 – April 1985
- Peak Five Years
- 181
- May 1980 – April 1985
- Top-five weeks
- 2
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 77
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of Feb 27, 1983
- Comebacks
- 4
- Feb 1983 · Nov 1984 · Oct 1988 · Oct 2001, after 13 quiet years
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
6 books · 339 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 Talismanwith Stephen King | #1 | 23 | 133.4 | ||
| Ghost Story | #7 | 19 | 67.0 | ||
| Black Housewith Stephen King | #1 | 15 | 52.6 | ||
| Floating Dragon | #5 | 9 | 47.2 | ||
| Koko | #6 | 8 | 30.0 | ||
| Mystery | #10 | 3 | 9.0 |
At their peak
1984 in books →Peter Straub's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from April 1984 to April 1985. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Helen Hooven Santmyer330
- 2Danielle Steel274
- 3Frederick Forsyth262
- 4Robert Ludlum252
- 5Gore Vidal242
- 6Mario Puzo221
- 7John Jakes189
- 8Dr. Seuss184
- 9Leon Uris176
- 10Sidney Sheldon173
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.