Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Polar Express

Chris Van Allsburg

Entered Dec 22, 1985 · peaked at #3 on Dec 18, 1988 · 34 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 12, 1992

Book Power
247.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
32
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
34
December 1985 – January 1992

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
Chris Van Allsburgprimary100%247.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 18, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Sands of TimeSidney Sheldon
  2. #2The Cardinal of the KremlinTom Clancy
  3. #3The Polar ExpressChris Van Allsburg
  4. #4The Queen of the DamnedAnne Rice
  5. #5Dear MiliWilhelm Grimm
  6. #6OneRichard Bach
  7. #7AlaskaJames A. Michener
  8. #8Mitla PassLeon Uris
  9. #9Anything for BillyLarry McMurtry
  10. #10Final FlightStephen Coonts
The Polar Express — Chris Van Allsburg · ChartReign