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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Douglas Adams

Entered Jun 28, 1987 · 14 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 27, 1987

Book Power
84.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#5
5 weeks there · first Jul 26, 1987
Top-ten weeks
12
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
14
June 1987 – September 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
Douglas Adamsprimary100%84.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 26, 1987 on the timeline →
  1. #1Presumed InnocentScott Turow
  2. #2MiseryStephen King
  3. #3Weep No More, My LadyMary Higgins Clark
  4. #4The Haunted MesaLouis L'Amour
  5. #5Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective AgencyDouglas Adams
  6. #6EmpireGore Vidal
  7. #7Fine ThingsDanielle Steel
  8. #8The Timothy FilesLawrence Sanders
  9. #9Windmills of the GodsSidney Sheldon
  10. #10More Die of HeartbreakSaul Bellow

The #1 bestsellers of 1987

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