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The Color Purple

Alice Walker

Entered May 8, 1983 · peaked at #10 on May 15, 1983 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen May 22, 1983

Book Power
8.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
3
May 1983 – May 1983

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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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Alice Walkerprimary100%8.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 15, 1983 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Little Drummer GirlJohn le Carré
  2. #2ChristineStephen King
  3. #3White Gold WielderStephen R. Donaldson
  4. #4Voice of the HeartBarbara Taylor Bradford
  5. #5The Lonesome GodsLouis L'Amour
  6. #6Ancient EveningsNorman Mailer
  7. #7BankerDick Francis
  8. #8The Delta StarJoseph Wambaugh
  9. #9The Summer of KatyaTrevanian
  10. #10The Color PurpleAlice Walker