Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Empire

Gore Vidal

Entered Jun 14, 1987 · peaked at #3 on Jul 5, 1987 · 13 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 6, 1987

Book Power
75.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
9
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
13
June 1987 – September 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
Gore Vidalprimary100%75.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 5, 1987 on the timeline →
  1. #1MiseryStephen King
  2. #2The Haunted MesaLouis L'Amour
  3. #3EmpireGore Vidal
  4. #4Presumed InnocentScott Turow
  5. #5Pale Kings and PrincesRobert B. Parker
  6. #6The Timothy FilesLawrence Sanders
  7. #7Red Storm RisingTom Clancy
  8. #8Windmills of the GodsSidney Sheldon
  9. #9Fine ThingsDanielle Steel
  10. #10More Die of HeartbreakSaul Bellow