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Queenie

Michael Korda

Entered Apr 21, 1985 · 10 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 23, 1985

Book Power
39.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#8
1 week there · May 5, 1985
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
10
April 1985 – June 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
Michael Kordaprimary100%39.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 5, 1985 on the timeline →
  1. #1ThinnerRichard Bachman
  2. #2If Tomorrow ComesSidney Sheldon
  3. #3The Hunt for Red OctoberTom Clancy
  4. #4Inside, OutsideHerman Wouk
  5. #5Chapterhouse: DuneFrank Herbert
  6. #6The Lonely Silver RainJohn D. MacDonald
  7. #7Family AlbumDanielle Steel
  8. #8QueenieMichael Korda
  9. #9ProofDick Francis
  10. #10The ClassErich Segal

The #1 bestsellers of 1985

1985 in books →

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