Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
- Book Power
- 442.3
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #1
- 5 weeks there · first Aug 7, 1983
- Top-ten weeks
- 41
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 47
- June 1983 – May 1984
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umberto Eco | primary | 100% | 442.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 7, 1983 on the timeline →- #1The Name of the RoseUmberto Eco
- #2Return of the JediJoan D. Vinge
- #3The Little Drummer GirlJohn le Carré
- #4GodplayerRobin Cook
- #5The Seduction of Peter S.Lawrence Sanders
- #6HeartburnNora Ephron
- #7ChristineStephen King
- #8Hollywood WivesJackie Collins
- #9The Summer of KatyaTrevanian
- #10White Gold WielderStephen R. Donaldson
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
- Poland · James A. Michener
- Pet Sematary · Stephen King