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Hotel du Lac

Anita Brookner

Entered Mar 17, 1985 · 9 weeks on the list, last seen May 19, 1985

Book Power
25.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#10
1 week there · Apr 21, 1985
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
9
March 1985 – May 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
Anita Brooknerprimary100%25.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 21, 1985 on the timeline →
  1. #1Family AlbumDanielle Steel
  2. #2If Tomorrow ComesSidney Sheldon
  3. #3Inside, OutsideHerman Wouk
  4. #4ThinnerRichard Bachman
  5. #5The Lonely Silver RainJohn D. MacDonald
  6. #6ProofDick Francis
  7. #7The Hunt for Red OctoberTom Clancy
  8. #8GlitzElmore Leonard
  9. #9See You Later AlligatorWilliam F. Buckley Jr
  10. #10Hotel du LacAnita Brookner

The #1 bestsellers of 1985

1985 in books →

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