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Pale Kings and Princes

Robert B. Parker

Entered Jun 14, 1987 · 9 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 9, 1987

Book Power
51.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
1 week there · Jun 21, 1987
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
9
June 1987 – August 1987

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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
Robert B. Parkerprimary100%51.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 21, 1987 on the timeline →
  1. #1MiseryStephen King
  2. #2The Haunted MesaLouis L'Amour
  3. #3Pale Kings and PrincesRobert B. Parker
  4. #4Fine ThingsDanielle Steel
  5. #5HeiressJanet Dailey
  6. #6Windmills of the GodsSidney Sheldon
  7. #7EmpireGore Vidal
  8. #8The Timothy FilesLawrence Sanders
  9. #9More Die of HeartbreakSaul Bellow
  10. #10The Ladies of MissalonghiColleen McCullough

The #1 bestsellers of 1987

1987 in books →

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