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August

Judith Rossner

Entered Aug 14, 1983 · 19 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 22, 1984

Book Power
139.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
5 weeks there · first Aug 14, 1983
Top-ten weeks
14
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
19
August 1983 – January 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Judith Rossnerprimary100%139.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 14, 1983 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Name of the RoseUmberto Eco
  2. #2Return of the JediJoan D. Vinge
  3. #3AugustJudith Rossner
  4. #4GodplayerRobin Cook
  5. #5The Little Drummer GirlJohn le Carré
  6. #6The Seduction of Peter S.Lawrence Sanders
  7. #7ChristineStephen King
  8. #8HeartburnNora Ephron
  9. #9The Summer of KatyaTrevanian
  10. #10Hollywood WivesJackie Collins

The #1 bestsellers of 1983

1983 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1983.