Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
William J. Bennett
Charting Nov 12, 1995 → Feb 4, 1996 · 13 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.47%
- week of Jan 7, 1996
- Career Power
- 74
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 74
- February 1995 – February 1996
- Peak Five Years
- 74
- February 1991 – February 1996
- Top-five weeks
- 2
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 13
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Nov 26, 1995
- 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 · 74 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 Children's Book of Virtues | #4 | 13 | 74.5 |
At their peak
1995 in books →William J. Bennett's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from February 1995 to February 1996. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1James Redfield450
- 2James Finn Garner362
- 3Robert James Waller359
- 4Mary Higgins Clark256
- 5John Grisham254
- 6Danielle Steel215
- 7Michael Crichton213
- 8Nicholas Evans190
- 9Pat Conroy179
- 10Richard Paul Evans136
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1990s.