Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Richard Bachman
Charting Mar 3, 1985 → Jul 29, 2007 · 44 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 9.00%
- week of May 19, 1985
- Career Power
- 307
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 4
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 191
- August 1984 – August 1985
- Peak Five Years
- 191
- August 1980 – August 1985
- Top-five weeks
- 16
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 44
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.53%
- week of Apr 28, 1985
- Comebacks
- 1
- October 1996
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Oct 13, 1985 | Oct 27, 1996 | 576 | 574 | 9.00% | 3.39% |
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 · 307 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thinner | #1 | 25 | 191.4 | ||
| The Regulators | #2 | 14 | 80.2 | ||
| Blaze | #2 | 5 | 35.6 |