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To Be the Best

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Entered Jul 10, 1988 · 13 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 2, 1988

Book Power
116.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#2
3 weeks there · first Jul 17, 1988
Top-ten weeks
12
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
13
July 1988 – October 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
Barbara Taylor Bradfordprimary100%116.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 17, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1AlaskaJames A. Michener
  2. #2To Be the BestBarbara Taylor Bradford
  3. #3ZoyaDanielle Steel
  4. #4The Bonfire of the VanitiesTom Wolfe
  5. #5The Icarus AgendaRobert Ludlum
  6. #6Love in the Time of CholeraGabriel Garcia Marquez
  7. #7People Like UsDominick Dunne
  8. #8A Thief of TimeTony Hillerman
  9. #9Timothy's GameLawrence Sanders
  10. #10The Shell SeekersRosamunde Pilcher

The #1 bestsellers of 1988

1988 in books →

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