Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Steven L. Thompson
Charting Oct 19, 1986 → Nov 2, 1986 · 2 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 0.20%
- week of Nov 2, 1986
- Career Power
- 2
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 2
- November 1985 – November 1986
- Peak Five Years
- 2
- November 1981 – November 1986
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 2
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 1.04%
- week of Oct 19, 1986
- 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 · 2 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 Wild Bluewith Walter J. Boyne | #15 | 2 | 2.1 |
At their peak
1985 in books →Steven L. Thompson's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from November 1985 to November 1986. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Jean M. Auel392
- 2Garrison Keillor384
- 3Danielle Steel326
- 4Robert Ludlum306
- 5James A. Michener219
- 6Judith Krantz196
- 7John le Carré195
- 8Louis L'Amour185
- 9Tom Clancy185
- 10Ken Follett184
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.