Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Public Smiles, Private Tears
Helen Van Slyke & James Elward
Entered Apr 25, 1982 · peaked at #7 on May 9, 1982 · 14 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 1, 1982
- Book Power
- 50.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 6
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 14
- April 1982 – August 1982
Ranked by Book Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a list published by anyone else. How it works →
The run
Position by week; a gap is a spell off the list.What it earned each author
Book Power is the book's own figure. Power contributed is what it earned each author's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the author had other books charting is split between them.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Van Slyke | primary | 50% | 25.2 |
| James Elward | primary | 50% | 25.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See May 9, 1982 on the timeline →- #1The Parsifal MosaicRobert Ludlum
- #2The One TreeStephen R. Donaldson
- #3North and SouthJohn Jakes
- #4Thy Brother's WifeAndrew M. Greeley
- #5CelebrityThomas Thompson
- #6Twice ShyDick Francis
- #7Public Smiles, Private TearsHelen Van Slyke & James Elward
- #8A Green DesireAnton Myrer
- #9The Mosquito CoastPaul Theroux
- #10The Hotel New HampshireJohn Irving