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Beloved

Toni Morrison

Entered Sep 20, 1987 · 31 weeks on the list, last seen May 29, 1988

Book Power
155.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
1 week there · Oct 4, 1987
Top-ten weeks
17
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
31
September 1987 – May 1988

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
Toni Morrisonprimary100%155.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 4, 1987 on the timeline →
  1. #1Presumed InnocentScott Turow
  2. #2Patriot GamesTom Clancy
  3. #3BelovedToni Morrison
  4. #4Leaving HomeGarrison Keillor
  5. #5LegacyJames A. Michener
  6. #6SarumEdward Rutherfurd
  7. #7MiseryStephen King
  8. #8Heaven and HellJohn Jakes
  9. #9Hot FlashesBarbara Raskin
  10. #10The New BreedW. E. B. Griffin

The #1 bestsellers of 1987

1987 in books →

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