Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Robert S. Elegant
Charting Aug 21, 1977 → Mar 19, 1978 · 30 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.39%
- week of Nov 13, 1977
- Career Power
- 151
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 151
- March 1977 – March 1978
- Peak Five Years
- 151
- April 1973 – March 1978
- Top-five weeks
- 4
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 30
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Sep 18, 1977
- 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 · 151 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dynasty | #3 | 30 | 150.9 |
At their peak
1977 in books →Robert S. Elegant's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from March 1977 to March 1978. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Colleen McCullough565
- 2J.R.R. Tolkien373
- 3Richard Bach348
- 4Paul E. Erdman321
- 5Erich Segal287
- 6John Cheever253
- 7John le Carré236
- 8Leon Uris207
- 9Anais Nin173
- 10John D. MacDonald170
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1970s.