Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Finishing School
Entered Feb 17, 1985 · peaked at #5 on Mar 10, 1985 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen May 12, 1985
- Book Power
- 54.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 7
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 11
- February 1985 – May 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gail Godwin | primary | 100% | 54.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 10, 1985 on the timeline →- #1If Tomorrow ComesSidney Sheldon
- #2Family AlbumDanielle Steel
- #3GlitzElmore Leonard
- #4The SicilianMario Puzo
- #5The Finishing SchoolGail Godwin
- #6The TalismanStephen King & Peter Straub
- #7So Long, and Thanks for All the FishDouglas Adams
- #8The Life and Hard Times of Heidi AbromowitzJoan Rivers
- #9Moscow RulesRobert Moss
- #10ThinnerRichard Bachman