Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Handmaid's Tale
Entered Mar 2, 1986 · peaked at #5 on Mar 16, 1986 · 15 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 8, 1986
- Book Power
- 79.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 12
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 15
- March 1986 – June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Atwood | primary | 100% | 79.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 16, 1986 on the timeline →- #1The Bourne SupremacyRobert Ludlum
- #2The Mammoth HuntersJean M. Auel
- #3Lie Down with LionsKen Follett
- #4Lake Wobegon DaysGarrison Keillor
- #5The Handmaid's TaleMargaret Atwood
- #6CyclopsClive Cussler
- #7TexasJames A. Michener
- #8Private AffairsJudith Michael
- #9The Lebaron SecretStephen Birmingham
- #10ContactCarl Sagan