Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Shel Silverstein
Charting Jun 9, 1996 → Jan 26, 1997 · 30 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 6.57%
- week of Aug 25, 1996
- Career Power
- 180
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 180
- February 1996 – January 1997
- Peak Five Years
- 180
- February 1992 – January 1997
- Top-five weeks
- 8
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 30
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.26%
- week of Jul 7, 1996
- 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 · 180 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falling Up | #3 | 30 | 179.8 |
At their peak
1996 in books →Shel Silverstein's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from February 1996 to January 1997. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1James Redfield448
- 2Danielle Steel267
- 3John Grisham260
- 4Tom Clancy240
- 5Anonymous220
- 6Mary Higgins Clark218
- 7Jacquelyn Mitchard188
- 8Terry McMillan183
- 9Shel Silverstein180
- 10Nicholas Evans149
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1990s.