Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
William J. Caunitz
Charting Aug 17, 1986 → Sep 22, 1991 · 15 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 2.48%
- week of Oct 12, 1986
- Career Power
- 49
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 36
- November 1985 – October 1986
- Peak Five Years
- 46
- April 1984 – April 1989
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 15
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 5.50%
- week of Sep 7, 1986
- 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
3 books · 49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspects | #8 | 10 | 36.2 | ||
| Black Sand | #12 | 4 | 10.1 | ||
| Exceptional Clearance | #13 | 1 | 2.8 |
At their peak
1985 in books →William J. Caunitz's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from November 1985 to October 1986. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Garrison Keillor396
- 2Jean M. Auel392
- 3Danielle Steel329
- 4Robert Ludlum306
- 5James A. Michener233
- 6Judith Krantz196
- 7John le Carré195
- 8Louis L'Amour185
- 9Ken Follett184
- 10Tom Clancy172
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.