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Destiny

Sally Beauman

Entered Mar 29, 1987 · 14 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 28, 1987

Book Power
88.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
2 weeks there · first Apr 12, 1987
Top-ten weeks
11
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
14
March 1987 – June 1987

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
Sally Beaumanprimary100%88.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 12, 1987 on the timeline →
  1. #1Fine ThingsDanielle Steel
  2. #2Windmills of the GodsSidney Sheldon
  3. #3BoltDick Francis
  4. #4DestinySally Beauman
  5. #5The Eyes of the DragonStephen King
  6. #6Red Storm RisingTom Clancy
  7. #7The Prince of TidesPat Conroy
  8. #8The Ladies of MissalonghiColleen McCullough
  9. #9Flight of the IntruderStephen Coonts
  10. #10ItStephen King

The #1 bestsellers of 1987

1987 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1987.