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Mexico Set

Len Deighton

Entered Mar 3, 1985 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 28, 1985

Book Power
28.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#8
3 weeks there · first Mar 17, 1985
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
8
March 1985 – April 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
Len Deightonprimary100%28.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 17, 1985 on the timeline →
  1. #1If Tomorrow ComesSidney Sheldon
  2. #2Family AlbumDanielle Steel
  3. #3GlitzElmore Leonard
  4. #4ThinnerRichard Bachman
  5. #5The Finishing SchoolGail Godwin
  6. #6See You Later AlligatorWilliam F. Buckley Jr
  7. #7The SicilianMario Puzo
  8. #8Mexico SetLen Deighton
  9. #9MindbendRobin Cook
  10. #10Moscow RulesRobert Moss

The #1 bestsellers of 1985

1985 in books →

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