Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Nobody Lives Forever

John Gardner

Entered Jun 1, 1986 · peaked at #9 on Jun 8, 1986 · 4 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 22, 1986

Book Power
14.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
4
June 1986 – June 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
John Gardnerprimary100%14.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 8, 1986 on the timeline →
  1. #1I'll Take ManhattanJudith Krantz
  2. #2A Perfect SpyJohn le Carré
  3. #3The Bourne SupremacyRobert Ludlum
  4. #4The Good MotherSue Miller
  5. #5Lake Wobegon DaysGarrison Keillor
  6. #6The Garden of EdenErnest Hemingway
  7. #7The Mammoth HuntersJean M. Auel
  8. #8The Eighth CommandmentLawrence Sanders
  9. #9Nobody Lives ForeverJohn Gardner
  10. #10Lie Down with LionsKen Follett