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The Lover

Marguerite Duras

Entered Jul 21, 1985 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 8, 1985

Book Power
29.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#9
3 weeks there · first Aug 4, 1985
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
8
July 1985 – September 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
Marguerite Durasprimary100%29.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 4, 1985 on the timeline →
  1. #1Skeleton CrewStephen King
  2. #2The Fourth Deadly SinLawrence Sanders
  3. #3The Hunt for Red OctoberTom Clancy
  4. #4The Cider House RulesJohn Irving
  5. #5Lonesome DoveLarry McMurtry
  6. #6Jubal SackettLouis L'Amour
  7. #7Hold the DreamBarbara Taylor Bradford
  8. #8If Tomorrow ComesSidney Sheldon
  9. #9The LoverMarguerite Duras
  10. #10Family AlbumDanielle Steel

The #1 bestsellers of 1985

1985 in books →

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