Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Robert Heinlein
Charting Aug 9, 1987 → Aug 9, 1987 · 1 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 0.34%
- week of Aug 9, 1987
- Career Power
- 3
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 3
- August 1986 – August 1987
- Peak Five Years
- 3
- August 1982 – August 1987
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 1
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.16%
- week of Aug 9, 1987
- 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
1 book · 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Sail Beyond the Sunset | #12 | 1 | 3.2 |
At their peak
1986 in books →Robert Heinlein's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from August 1986 to August 1987. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Stephen King686
- 2Tom Clancy504
- 3Danielle Steel414
- 4Sidney Sheldon292
- 5Louis L'Amour247
- 6Pat Conroy211
- 7James Clavell202
- 8Jackie Collins139
- 9Stephen Coonts138
- 10P.D. James123
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.