Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Robert M. Pirsig
Charting Nov 17, 1991 → Feb 9, 1992 · 7 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 1.15%
- week of Feb 9, 1992
- Career Power
- 19
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 19
- February 1991 – February 1992
- Peak Five Years
- 19
- February 1987 – February 1992
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 7
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 4.17%
- week of Jan 26, 1992
- 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 · 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lila | #10 | 7 | 19.2 |
At their peak
1991 in books →Robert M. Pirsig's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from February 1991 to February 1992. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1John Grisham393
- 2Danielle Steel335
- 3Tom Clancy269
- 4Alexandra Ripley258
- 5Dr. Seuss234
- 6Mary Higgins Clark207
- 7Stephen King193
- 8Amy Tan181
- 9Timothy Zahn170
- 10Sidney Sheldon152
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1990s.