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Robert Ludlum

Charting Apr 29, 1973 → Nov 12, 2006 · 406 weeks with chart power

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Honours

Author of the Year: 1979
1980
1982
1984
1986

Author of the Week

NYT Hardcover Fiction
81 crowns
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Longest reign 16 weeks (Mar–Jul 1980) · First crown Jul 1978

Peak Power: 12.85%; week of Jul 6, 1980
Career Power: 3,445; share-weeks
Crowns: 81; weeks crowned Author of the Week

Peak Year: 446; April 1979 – April 1980
Peak Five Years: 1,363; November 1977 – February 1983
Top-five weeks: 208; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 406; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 14.53%; week of Jul 9, 1978
Comebacks: 9; Nov 1974 · Apr 1976 · Apr 1982 · Apr 1984 · Mar 1986 · Apr 1988 · Apr 1990 · Mar 1992 · Jul 1995

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

22 books · 3,445 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 Parsifal Mosaic	#1March 1982	44	March 1982 – February 1983	404.8	404.8
The Matarese Circle	#1April 1979	40	March 1979 – December 1979	401.9	401.9
The Bourne Identity	#1March 1980	33	March 1980 – October 1980	367.3	367.3
The Aquitaine Progression	#1March 1984	34	March 1984 – November 1984	353.7	353.7
The Bourne Supremacy	#1March 1986	32	March 1986 – October 1986	306.4	306.4
The Icarus Agenda	#1March 1988	27	March 1988 – September 1988	269.6	269.6
The Bourne Ultimatum	#1March 1990	26	March 1990 – September 1990	209.1	209.1
The Holcroft Covenant	#1July 1978	18	April 1978 – August 1978	189.0	189.0
The Chancellor Manuscript	#5April 1977	23	March 1977 – September 1977	142.1	142.1
The Road to Omaha	#2March 1992	19	March 1992 – July 1992	128.1	128.1
The Gemini Contenders	#3May 1976	17	March 1976 – July 1976	128.1	128.1
The Matlock Paper	#4May 1973	18	April 1973 – September 1973	121.4	121.4
The Scorpio Illusion	#3June 1993	13	June 1993 – September 1993	87.5	87.5
The Apocalypse Watch	#3June 1995	11	June 1995 – August 1995	85.3	83.6
The Matarese Countdown	#3November 1997	13	November 1997 – January 1998	67.1	66.8
The Prometheus Deception	#4November 2000	9	November 2000 – January 2001	53.2	53.2
The Sigma Protocol	#3November 2001	10	November 2001 – January 2002	46.3	46.3
The Rhinemann Exchange	#8November 1974	9	October 1974 – December 1974	40.1	40.1
The Janson Directive	#5November 2002	4	November 2002 – November 2002	19.1	19.1
The Ambler Warning	#6November 2005	2	November 2005 – November 2005	10.1	10.0
The Bancroft Strategy	#9November 2006	2	November 2006 – November 2006	9.0	9.0
The Tristan Betrayal	#10November 2003	2	November 2003 – November 2003	6.0	6.0

At their peak

1979 in books →

Robert Ludlum's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from April 1979 to April 1980. The most powerful authors over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s.