Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Richard Bach
Charting Apr 30, 1972 → Feb 19, 1989 · 191 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 14.42%
- week of Mar 18, 1973
- Career Power
- 1,569
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 38
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 714
- June 1972 – June 1973
- Peak Five Years
- 840
- September 1968 – September 1973
- Top-five weeks
- 90
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 191
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Jul 2, 1972
- Comebacks
- 2
- August 1977, December 1988
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Oct 21, 1973 | Aug 14, 1977 | 199 | 191 | 14.42% | 5.15% |
| After absence | Feb 25, 1979 | Dec 25, 1988 | 513 | 457 | 14.42% | 5.14% |
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
4 books · 1,569 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Livingston Seagull | #1 | 70 | 840.2 | ||
| Illusions | #2 | 80 | 507.2 | ||
| One | #3 | 16 | 126.1 | ||
| There's No Such Place as Far Away | #6 | 25 | 95.7 |