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The Bonfire of the Vanities

Tom Wolfe

Entered Nov 8, 1987 · 56 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 27, 1988

Book Power
537.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
8 weeks there · first Jan 24, 1988
Top-ten weeks
51
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
56
November 1987 – November 1988

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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
Tom Wolfeprimary100%537.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 24, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Bonfire of the VanitiesTom Wolfe
  2. #2The TommyknockersStephen King
  3. #3KaleidoscopeDanielle Steel
  4. #4Presumed InnocentScott Turow
  5. #52061: Odyssey ThreeArthur C. Clarke
  6. #6Patriot GamesTom Clancy
  7. #7Winters' TalesJonathan Winters
  8. #8Leaving HomeGarrison Keillor
  9. #9BelovedToni Morrison
  10. #10WinterLen Deighton

The #1 bestsellers of 1988

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1988.