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Prime Time

Joan Collins

Entered Oct 9, 1988 · 6 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 13, 1988

Book Power
20.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#8
1 week there · Oct 30, 1988
Top-ten weeks
2
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
6
October 1988 – November 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
Joan Collinsprimary100%20.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 30, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Queen of the DamnedAnne Rice
  2. #2The Cardinal of the KremlinTom Clancy
  3. #3Breathing LessonsAnne Tyler
  4. #4Anything for BillyLarry McMurtry
  5. #5Final FlightStephen Coonts
  6. #6Till We Meet AgainJudith Krantz
  7. #7AlaskaJames A. Michener
  8. #8Prime TimeJoan Collins
  9. #9KokoPeter Straub
  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.