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Rubber Legs and White Tail-Hairs

Patrick F. McManus

Entered Nov 8, 1987 · 9 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 10, 1988

Book Power
22.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#12
1 week there · Dec 20, 1987
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
9
November 1987 – January 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
Patrick F. McManusprimary100%22.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 20, 1987 on the timeline →
  1. #1The TommyknockersStephen King
  2. #2KaleidoscopeDanielle Steel
  3. #3The Bonfire of the VanitiesTom Wolfe
  4. #4Leaving HomeGarrison Keillor
  5. #5Patriot GamesTom Clancy
  6. #6Presumed InnocentScott Turow
  7. #7The Polar ExpressChris Van Allsburg
  8. #8Heaven and HellJohn Jakes
  9. #92061: Odyssey ThreeArthur C. Clarke
  10. #10SarumEdward Rutherfurd

The #1 bestsellers of 1987

1987 in books →

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