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Libra

Don DeLillo

Entered Aug 14, 1988 · 5 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 11, 1988

Book Power
14.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#9
1 week there · Sep 11, 1988
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
5
August 1988 – September 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
Don DeLilloprimary100%14.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 11, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Cardinal of the KremlinTom Clancy
  2. #2Till We Meet AgainJudith Krantz
  3. #3AlaskaJames A. Michener
  4. #4The Bonfire of the VanitiesTom Wolfe
  5. #5DoctorsErich Segal
  6. #6Spock's WorldDiane Duane
  7. #7Demon Lord of KarandaDavid Eddings
  8. #8To Be the BestBarbara Taylor Bradford
  9. #9LibraDon DeLillo
  10. #10Love in the Time of CholeraGabriel Garcia Marquez

The #1 bestsellers of 1988

1988 in books →

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