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Entered Oct 13, 1985 · peaked at #3 on Oct 20, 1985 · 24 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 23, 1986
- Book Power
- 195.7
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 23
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 24
- October 1985 – March 1986
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Sagan | primary | 100% | 196.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 20, 1985 on the timeline →- #1TexasJames A. Michener
- #2Lake Wobegon DaysGarrison Keillor
- #3ContactCarl Sagan
- #4LuckyJackie Collins
- #5The Accidental TouristAnne Tyler
- #6Skeleton CrewStephen King
- #7The Secrets of Harry BrightJoseph Wambaugh
- #8The Two Mrs. GrenvillesDominick Dunne
- #9A MaggotJohn Fowles
- #10Lonesome DoveLarry McMurtry