Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
- Book Power
- 263.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #2
- 7 weeks there · first Apr 24, 1983
- Top-ten weeks
- 26
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 32
- April 1983 – November 1983
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen King | primary | 100% | 261.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Apr 24, 1983 on the timeline →- #1The Little Drummer GirlJohn le Carré
- #2ChristineStephen King
- #3White Gold WielderStephen R. Donaldson
- #4Voice of the HeartBarbara Taylor Bradford
- #5The Lonesome GodsLouis L'Amour
- #6BankerDick Francis
- #7The Delta StarJoseph Wambaugh
- #8SpaceJames A. Michener
- #9IcebreakerJohn Gardner
- #10The Valley of HorsesJean M. Auel
The #1 bestsellers of 1983
1983 in books →Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1983.
- Space · James A. Michener
- Mistral's Daughter · Judith Krantz
- The Little Drummer Girl · John le Carré
- The Return of the Jedi · Joan D. Vinge
- Return of the Jedi · Joan D. Vinge
- The Name of the Rose · Umberto Eco
- Poland · James A. Michener
- Pet Sematary · Stephen King