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Final Flight

Stephen Coonts

Entered Oct 16, 1988 · 16 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 29, 1989

Book Power
83.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
2 weeks there · first Oct 23, 1988
Top-ten weeks
11
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
16
October 1988 – January 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
Stephen Coontsprimary100%83.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 23, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Cardinal of the KremlinTom Clancy
  2. #2The Queen of the DamnedAnne Rice
  3. #3Breathing LessonsAnne Tyler
  4. #4Final FlightStephen Coonts
  5. #5Till We Meet AgainJudith Krantz
  6. #6AlaskaJames A. Michener
  7. #7The Shell SeekersRosamunde Pilcher
  8. #8The Bonfire of the VanitiesTom Wolfe
  9. #9Love in the Time of CholeraGabriel Garcia Marquez
  10. #10Spock's WorldDiane Duane

The #1 bestsellers of 1988

1988 in books →

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