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Joanna's Husband and David's Wife

Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

Entered Mar 23, 1986 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen May 18, 1986

Book Power
30.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#7
1 week there · Apr 13, 1986
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
8
March 1986 – May 1986

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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
Elizabeth Forsythe Haileyprimary100%30.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 13, 1986 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Bourne SupremacyRobert Ludlum
  2. #2Break InDick Francis
  3. #3Lake Wobegon DaysGarrison Keillor
  4. #4Lie Down with LionsKen Follett
  5. #5The Mammoth HuntersJean M. Auel
  6. #6Home FrontPatti Davis & Maureen Strange Foster
  7. #7Joanna's Husband and David's WifeElizabeth Forsythe Hailey
  8. #8Seasons of the HeartCynthia Freeman
  9. #9The Handmaid's TaleMargaret Atwood
  10. #10Private AffairsJudith Michael

The #1 bestsellers of 1986

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