Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

A Southern Family

Gail Godwin

Entered Oct 18, 1987 · peaked at #7 on Nov 1, 1987 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 6, 1987

Book Power
30.6
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
8
October 1987 – December 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
Gail Godwinprimary100%30.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 1, 1987 on the timeline →
  1. #1KaleidoscopeDanielle Steel
  2. #2Presumed InnocentScott Turow
  3. #3Leaving HomeGarrison Keillor
  4. #4Heaven and HellJohn Jakes
  5. #5Patriot GamesTom Clancy
  6. #6BelovedToni Morrison
  7. #7A Southern FamilyGail Godwin
  8. #8Hot FlashesBarbara Raskin
  9. #9SarumEdward Rutherfurd
  10. #10LegacyJames A. Michener