Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Phyllis A. Whitney
Charting Mar 11, 1973 → Apr 2, 1989 · 25 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.04%
- week of Jul 20, 1975
- Career Power
- 102
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 65
- July 1974 – July 1975
- Peak Five Years
- 78
- August 1970 – July 1975
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 25
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of Jun 1, 1975
- 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
7 books · 102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spindrift | #5 | 12 | 65.4 | ||
| Emerald | #12 | 5 | 11.8 | ||
| Snowfire | #10 | 2 | 8.3 | ||
| Rainsong | #13 | 3 | 7.2 | ||
| The Turquoise Mask | #10 | 1 | 4.2 | ||
| Dream of Orchids | #14 | 1 | 2.4 | ||
| Rainbow in the Mist | #14 | 1 | 2.4 |
At their peak
1974 in books →Phyllis A. Whitney's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from July 1974 to July 1975. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1James Michener619
- 2Nicholas Meyer369
- 3John le Carré362
- 4Joseph Heller299
- 5Frederick Forsyth277
- 6Richard Adams255
- 7Arthur Hailey232
- 8Harold Robbins214
- 9Peter Benchley202
- 10Thomas Tryon175
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.