Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
William Safire
Charting Jul 17, 1977 → Nov 15, 1987 · 24 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 4.57%
- week of Sep 18, 1977
- Career Power
- 115
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 76
- October 1976 – October 1977
- Peak Five Years
- 76
- November 1972 – October 1977
- Top-five weeks
- 3
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 24
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 9.58%
- week of Sep 11, 1977
- Comebacks
- 1
- Sep 1987, after 10 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
2 books · 115 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Disclosure | #4 | 14 | 76.2 | ||
| Freedom | #6 | 10 | 38.9 |
At their peak
1976 in books →William Safire's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from October 1976 to October 1977. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Leon Uris499
- 2Paul E. Erdman443
- 3Colleen McCullough301
- 4Erich Segal301
- 5John Cheever253
- 6Agatha Christie252
- 7Clive Cussler205
- 8Jack Higgins199
- 9Richard Bach179
- 10John D. MacDonald170
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.