Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Walter F. Murphy
Charting May 20, 1979 → Aug 12, 1979 · 13 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.23%
- week of Jul 29, 1979
- Career Power
- 39
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 39
- May 1978 – August 1979
- Peak Five Years
- 39
- May 1974 – August 1979
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 13
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 5.50%
- week of May 27, 1979
- 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 · 39 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 Vicar of Christ | #8 | 13 | 39.4 |
At their peak
1978 in books →Walter F. Murphy's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from May 1978 to August 1979. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1James A. Michener456
- 2Herman Wouk439
- 3Robert Ludlum412
- 4Joseph Heller194
- 5Arthur Hailey177
- 6Judith Krantz168
- 7Richard Bach162
- 8John Cheever159
- 9Belva Plain159
- 10Mario Puzo153
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1970s.