Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Freedom

William Safire

Entered Sep 13, 1987 · peaked at #6 on Sep 27, 1987 · 10 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 15, 1987

Book Power
38.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
10
September 1987 – November 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
William Safireprimary100%38.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 27, 1987 on the timeline →
  1. #1Presumed InnocentScott Turow
  2. #2Patriot GamesTom Clancy
  3. #3LegacyJames A. Michener
  4. #4SarumEdward Rutherfurd
  5. #5MiseryStephen King
  6. #6FreedomWilliam Safire
  7. #7BelovedToni Morrison
  8. #8Weep No More, My LadyMary Higgins Clark
  9. #9Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective AgencyDouglas Adams
  10. #10The Five Bells and BladeboneMartha Grimes