Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Susan Isaacs
Charting Feb 12, 1984 → Oct 24, 2004 · 57 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.48%
- week of Apr 15, 1984
- Career Power
- 278
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 106
- June 1983 – May 1984
- Peak Five Years
- 136
- October 1983 – October 1988
- Top-five weeks
- 8
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 57
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 11.01%
- week of Mar 18, 1984
- Comebacks
- 4
- Oct 1988 · Mar 1991 · Aug 1993 · Aug 1996
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
7 books · 278 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almost Paradise | #3 | 16 | 105.8 | ||
| Magic Hour | #4 | 11 | 60.3 | ||
| Lily White | #8 | 10 | 38.9 | ||
| Shining Through | #9 | 8 | 29.9 | ||
| After All These Years | #8 | 7 | 25.9 | ||
| Long Time No See | #9 | 4 | 15.1 | ||
| Any Place I Hang My Hat | #16 | 1 | 1.8 |
At their peak
1983 in books →Susan Isaacs's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from June 1983 to May 1984. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Stephen King507
- 2Umberto Eco443
- 3James A. Michener414
- 4Joan D. Vinge265
- 5Danielle Steel235
- 6John le Carré183
- 7Jackie Collins180
- 8Robert Ludlum174
- 9Bill Adler143
- 10Thomas Chastain143
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.