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Moscow Rules

Robert Moss

Entered Feb 10, 1985 · 6 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 17, 1985

Book Power
30.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#6
1 week there · Feb 17, 1985
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
6
February 1985 – March 1985

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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
Robert Mossprimary100%30.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 17, 1985 on the timeline →
  1. #1If Tomorrow ComesSidney Sheldon
  2. #2The SicilianMario Puzo
  3. #3The TalismanStephen King & Peter Straub
  4. #4The Life and Hard Times of Heidi AbromowitzJoan Rivers
  5. #5So Long, and Thanks for All the FishDouglas Adams
  6. #6Moscow RulesRobert Moss
  7. #7GlitzElmore Leonard
  8. #8Jitterbug PerfumeTom Robbins
  9. #9The Fourth ProtocolFrederick Forsyth
  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.