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Sidney Sheldon

Charting May 12, 1974 → Nov 12, 2000 · 342 weeks with chart power

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Honours

Author of the Week

NYT Hardcover Fiction
51 crowns
19742000
Longest reign 12 weeks (Mar–May 1978) · First crown Mar 1978

Peak Power: 12.35%; week of Jul 2, 1978
Career Power: 3,050; share-weeks
Crowns: 51; weeks crowned Author of the Week

Peak Year: 353; April 1980 – April 1981
Peak Five Years: 1,022; February 1978 – May 1983
Top-five weeks: 184; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 342; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 15.03%; week of Feb 8, 1987
Comebacks: 11; May 1976 · Feb 1978 · Jul 1980 · Sep 1982 · Feb 1985 · Feb 1987 · Dec 1988 · Sep 1990 · Oct 1994 · Oct 1997 · Oct 2000

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

16 books · 3,050 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
Rage of Angels	#1July 1980	42	June 1980 – April 1981	353.1	353.1
Master of the Game	#1September 1982	38	September 1982 – May 1983	341.3	341.3
Bloodline	#1March 1978	26	February 1978 – August 1978	335.8	335.8
If Tomorrow Comes	#1February 1985	36	January 1985 – September 1985	329.7	329.7
Windmills of the Gods	#1February 1987	32	February 1987 – September 1987	318.5	313.8
The Sands of Time	#1November 1988	23	November 1988 – April 1989	244.4	244.4
Memories of Midnight	#1September 1990	23	August 1990 – January 1991	216.9	214.9
The Doomsday Conspiracy	#2September 1991	20	September 1991 – January 1992	152.4	152.4
A Stranger in the Mirror	#3May 1976	21	May 1976 – September 1976	144.5	144.5
The Stars Shine Down	#1October 1992	15	October 1992 – January 1993	129.1	126.8
Morning, Noon, and Night	#2October 1995	17	September 1995 – January 1996	125.0	125.0
Nothing Lasts Forever	#2October 1994	18	September 1994 – January 1995	101.7	101.4
The Best Laid Plans	#2September 1997	10	September 1997 – November 1997	92.8	92.8
Tell Me Your Dreams	#2September 1998	8	September 1998 – November 1998	76.1	76.1
The Sky Is Falling	#2October 2000	7	October 2000 – November 2000	63.0	63.0
The Other Side of Midnight	#9June 1974	6	May 1974 – June 1974	26.3	26.3

At their peak

1980 in books →

Sidney Sheldon's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from April 1980 to April 1981. 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.