Skip to content

Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Nutcracker

E. T. A. Hoffmann

Entered Nov 25, 1984 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 20, 1985

Book Power
54.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
1 week there · Jan 13, 1985
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
8
November 1984 – January 1985

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
E. T. A. Hoffmannprimary100%54.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 13, 1985 on the timeline →
  1. #1The TalismanStephen King & Peter Straub
  2. #2The SicilianMario Puzo
  3. #3NutcrackerE. T. A. Hoffmann
  4. #4Love and WarJohn Jakes
  5. #5The Life and Hard Times of Heidi AbromowitzJoan Rivers
  6. #6So Long, and Thanks for All the FishDouglas Adams
  7. #7The Fourth ProtocolFrederick Forsyth
  8. #8Jitterbug PerfumeTom Robbins
  9. #9LincolnGore Vidal
  10. #10. . . and Ladies of the Club,Helen Hooven Santmyer

The #1 bestsellers of 1985

1985 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1985.