Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Tom Robbins
Charting Dec 16, 1984 → Jun 8, 2003 · 33 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.21%
- week of Jun 10, 1990
- Career Power
- 135
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 75
- August 1989 – July 1990
- Peak Five Years
- 83
- October 1989 – October 1994
- Top-five weeks
- 3
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 33
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Apr 29, 1990
- Comebacks
- 1
- Apr 1990, after 5 quiet years
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
5 books · 135 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skinny Legs and All | #4 | 15 | 75.1 | ||
| Jitterbug Perfume | #7 | 11 | 43.5 | ||
| Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas | #11 | 3 | 7.8 | ||
| Villa Incognito | #13 | 2 | 4.6 | ||
| Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates | #14 | 2 | 4.4 |
At their peak
1989 in books →Tom Robbins's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from August 1989 to July 1990. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Tom Clancy414
- 2Stephen King327
- 3Danielle Steel284
- 4Dr. Seuss256
- 5Robert Ludlum190
- 6James A. Michener168
- 7Rosamunde Pilcher167
- 8P.D. James140
- 9Dean R. Koontz134
- 10Ken Follett129
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.