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The Songlines

Bruce Chatwin

Entered Aug 30, 1987 · 5 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 27, 1987

Book Power
13.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#11
1 week there · Sep 20, 1987
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
5
August 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
Bruce Chatwinprimary100%13.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 20, 1987 on the timeline →
  1. #1Presumed InnocentScott Turow
  2. #2Patriot GamesTom Clancy
  3. #3SarumEdward Rutherfurd
  4. #4LegacyJames A. Michener
  5. #5MiseryStephen King
  6. #6Weep No More, My LadyMary Higgins Clark
  7. #7FreedomWilliam Safire
  8. #8The Haunted MesaLouis L'Amour
  9. #9The Prince of TidesPat Conroy
  10. #10Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective AgencyDouglas Adams

The #1 bestsellers of 1987

1987 in books →

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