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Susan Isaacs

Charting Feb 12, 1984Oct 24, 2004 · 57 weeks with chart power

Compare with other authors
Peak Power
5.48%
week of Apr 15, 1984
Career Power
278
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
0
weeks as the top author
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
October 1988, March 1991, August 1993, August 1996
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After absenceAug 12, 1984Oct 2, 19882162105.48%2.22%
After absenceNov 13, 1988Mar 10, 19911211175.48%2.62%
After absenceJun 23, 1991Aug 29, 19931141085.48%1.98%
After absenceSep 26, 1993Aug 18, 19961511475.48%1.96%

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.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
Almost Paradise#316105.8
Magic Hour#41160.3
Lily White#81038.9
Shining Through#9829.9
After All These Years#8725.9
Long Time No See#9415.1
Any Place I Hang My Hat#1611.8