Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Susan Howatch
Charting May 30, 1971 → Aug 19, 1984 · 72 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.12%
- week of Sep 8, 1974
- Career Power
- 428
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 161
- October 1973 – October 1974
- Peak Five Years
- 265
- October 1969 – October 1974
- Top-five weeks
- 19
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 72
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Jul 7, 1974
- Comebacks
- 3
- June 1974, August 1980, July 1984
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Dec 12, 1971 | Jun 16, 1974 | 131 | 128 | 5.32% | 2.34% |
| After absence | Jan 5, 1975 | Aug 3, 1980 | 278 | 129 | 7.12% | 2.85% |
| After absence | Dec 14, 1980 | Jul 22, 1984 | 188 | 181 | 7.12% | 2.54% |
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions (config version 4, Sep 22, 2026). How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
5 books · 428 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cashelmara | #3 | 21 | 160.5 | ||
| Penmarric | #5 | 16 | 104.3 | ||
| Sins of the Fathers | #4 | 17 | 92.9 | ||
| The Wheel of Fortune | #8 | 12 | 49.1 | ||
| The Rich Are Different | #9 | 6 | 21.4 |