Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Enigma of Arrival
Entered Apr 26, 1987 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen May 10, 1987
- Book Power
- 7.6
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #13
- 2 weeks there · first May 3, 1987
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 3
- April 1987 – May 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| V. S. Naipaul | primary | 100% | 7.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See May 3, 1987 on the timeline →- #1Fine ThingsDanielle Steel
- #2Windmills of the GodsSidney Sheldon
- #3TexasvilleLarry McMurtry
- #4BoltDick Francis
- #5The Eyes of the DragonStephen King
- #6The Ladies of MissalonghiColleen McCullough
- #7The Thanatos SyndromeWalker Percy
- #8DestinySally Beauman
- #9Red Storm RisingTom Clancy
- #10No Deals, Mr. BondJohn Gardner
The #1 bestsellers of 1987
1987 in books →Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1987.
- It · Stephen King
- Red Storm Rising · Tom Clancy
- The Eyes of the Dragon · Stephen King
- Windmills of the Gods · Sidney Sheldon
- Fine Things · Danielle Steel
- The Haunted Mesa · Louis L'Amour
- Misery · Stephen King
- Presumed Innocent · Scott Turow
- Patriot Games · Tom Clancy
- Kaleidoscope · Danielle Steel
- The Tommyknockers · Stephen King