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Alaska

James A. Michener

Entered Jul 3, 1988 · 33 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 12, 1989

Book Power
297.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
5 weeks there · first Jul 3, 1988
Top-ten weeks
30
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
33
July 1988 – February 1989

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
James A. Michenerprimary100%297.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 3, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1AlaskaJames A. Michener
  2. #2The Icarus AgendaRobert Ludlum
  3. #3ZoyaDanielle Steel
  4. #4The Bonfire of the VanitiesTom Wolfe
  5. #5Love in the Time of CholeraGabriel Garcia Marquez
  6. #6Crimson JoyRobert B. Parker
  7. #7People Like UsDominick Dunne
  8. #8Rock StarJackie Collins
  9. #9Freaky DeakyElmore Leonard
  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.