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The Garden of Eden

Ernest Hemingway

Entered Jun 1, 1986 · 17 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 21, 1986

Book Power
98.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#5
2 weeks there · first Jun 15, 1986
Top-ten weeks
13
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
17
June 1986 – September 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Ernest Hemingwayprimary100%98.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 15, 1986 on the timeline →
  1. #1A Perfect SpyJohn le Carré
  2. #2I'll Take ManhattanJudith Krantz
  3. #3The Bourne SupremacyRobert Ludlum
  4. #4Last of the BreedLouis L'Amour
  5. #5The Garden of EdenErnest Hemingway
  6. #6The Eighth CommandmentLawrence Sanders
  7. #7Lake Wobegon DaysGarrison Keillor
  8. #8Taming a Sea-HorseRobert B. Parker
  9. #9The Mammoth HuntersJean M. Auel
  10. #10The Good MotherSue Miller

The #1 bestsellers of 1986

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