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The Eighth Commandment

Lawrence Sanders

Entered Jun 8, 1986 · 14 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 7, 1986

Book Power
82.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
2 weeks there · first Jun 22, 1986
Top-ten weeks
12
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
14
June 1986 – September 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
Lawrence Sandersprimary100%82.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 22, 1986 on the timeline →
  1. #1Last of the BreedLouis L'Amour
  2. #2I'll Take ManhattanJudith Krantz
  3. #3A Perfect SpyJohn le Carré
  4. #4The Eighth CommandmentLawrence Sanders
  5. #5The Garden of EdenErnest Hemingway
  6. #6The Bourne SupremacyRobert Ludlum
  7. #7Taming a Sea-HorseRobert B. Parker
  8. #8The Good MotherSue Miller
  9. #9Lake Wobegon DaysGarrison Keillor
  10. #10Gone with the WindMargaret Mitchell

The #1 bestsellers of 1986

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