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Tapestry

Belva Plain

Entered May 8, 1988 · 12 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 31, 1988

Book Power
38.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#8
1 week there · May 22, 1988
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
12
May 1988 – July 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
Belva Plainprimary100%38.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 22, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1ZoyaDanielle Steel
  2. #2The Icarus AgendaRobert Ludlum
  3. #3Love in the Time of CholeraGabriel Garcia Marquez
  4. #4Rock StarJackie Collins
  5. #5The Bonfire of the VanitiesTom Wolfe
  6. #6People Like UsDominick Dunne
  7. #7InheritanceJudith Michael
  8. #8TapestryBelva Plain
  9. #9The Shell SeekersRosamunde Pilcher
  10. #10TreasureClive Cussler

The #1 bestsellers of 1988

1988 in books →

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