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Ride a Pale Horse

Helen MacInnes

Entered Nov 11, 1984 · 5 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 9, 1984

Book Power
17.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#10
2 weeks there · first Nov 18, 1984
Top-ten weeks
2
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
5
November 1984 – December 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
Helen MacInnesprimary100%17.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 18, 1984 on the timeline →
  1. #1The TalismanStephen King & Peter Straub
  2. #2Love and WarJohn Jakes
  3. #3The Fourth ProtocolFrederick Forsyth
  4. #4Strong MedicineArthur Hailey
  5. #5StillwatchMary Higgins Clark
  6. #6God KnowsJoseph Heller
  7. #7. . . and Ladies of the Club,Helen Hooven Santmyer
  8. #8The SicilianMario Puzo
  9. #9The Life and Hard Times of Heidi AbromowitzJoan Rivers
  10. #10Ride a Pale HorseHelen MacInnes

The #1 bestsellers of 1984

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1984.