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The Cardinal of the Kremlin

Tom Clancy

Entered Aug 7, 1988 · 41 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 2, 1989

Book Power
426.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
12 weeks there · first Aug 7, 1988
Top-ten weeks
34
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
41
August 1988 – July 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
Tom Clancyprimary100%426.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 7, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Cardinal of the KremlinTom Clancy
  2. #2AlaskaJames A. Michener
  3. #3To Be the BestBarbara Taylor Bradford
  4. #4The Bonfire of the VanitiesTom Wolfe
  5. #5ZoyaDanielle Steel
  6. #6Timothy's GameLawrence Sanders
  7. #7Love in the Time of CholeraGabriel Garcia Marquez
  8. #8DoctorsErich Segal
  9. #9The Icarus AgendaRobert Ludlum
  10. #10A Thief of TimeTony Hillerman

The #1 bestsellers of 1988

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