Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Prelude to Foundation

Isaac Asimov

Entered May 22, 1988 · peaked at #10 on Jun 19, 1988 · 9 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 24, 1988

Book Power
24.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
9
May 1988 – July 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
Isaac Asimovprimary100%24.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 19, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1ZoyaDanielle Steel
  2. #2Love in the Time of CholeraGabriel Garcia Marquez
  3. #3The Icarus AgendaRobert Ludlum
  4. #4The Bonfire of the VanitiesTom Wolfe
  5. #5People Like UsDominick Dunne
  6. #6Crimson JoyRobert B. Parker
  7. #7Rock StarJackie Collins
  8. #8Freaky DeakyElmore Leonard
  9. #9TreasureClive Cussler
  10. #10Prelude to FoundationIsaac Asimov