Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Susan Sontag
Charting Aug 30, 1992 → Oct 18, 1992 · 8 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 3.65%
- week of Oct 11, 1992
- Career Power
- 50
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 50
- October 1991 – October 1992
- Peak Five Years
- 50
- November 1987 – October 1992
- Top-five weeks
- 3
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 8
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Sep 6, 1992
- 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 · 50 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 Volcano Lover | #4 | 8 | 50.4 |
At their peak
1991 in books →Susan Sontag's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from October 1991 to October 1992. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1John Grisham462
- 2Stephen King369
- 3Alexandra Ripley319
- 4Danielle Steel271
- 5Terry McMillan207
- 6Dr. Seuss194
- 7Michael Crichton175
- 8Uncredited156
- 9Tom Clancy154
- 10Robert Ludlum128
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1990s.