Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
William Goldman
Charting Sep 2, 1979 → Oct 21, 1979 · 8 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.63%
- week of Oct 21, 1979
- Career Power
- 37
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 37
- July 1978 – October 1979
- Peak Five Years
- 37
- August 1974 – October 1979
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 8
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of Sep 9, 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 · 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinsel | #5 | 8 | 37.1 |
At their peak
1978 in books →William Goldman's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from July 1978 to October 1979. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Herman Wouk481
- 2James A. Michener456
- 3Robert Ludlum387
- 4William Styron225
- 5Joseph Heller207
- 6General Sir John Hackett190
- 7Arthur Hailey177
- 8Trevanian176
- 9Ruth Beebe Hill162
- 10John Cheever159
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1970s.