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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Douglas Adams

Entered Mar 12, 1989 · peaked at #6 on Apr 2, 1989 · 10 weeks on the list, last seen May 14, 1989

Book Power
48.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
10
March 1989 – May 1989

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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
Douglas Adamsprimary100%48.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 2, 1989 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Satanic VersesSalman Rushdie
  2. #2StarDanielle Steel
  3. #3A Prayer for Owen MeanyJohn Irving
  4. #4The EdgeDick Francis
  5. #5Billy BathgateE. L. Doctorow
  6. #6The Long Dark Tea-Time of the SoulDouglas Adams
  7. #7Cat's EyeMargaret Atwood
  8. #8The FortuneMichael Korda
  9. #9The Sands of TimeSidney Sheldon
  10. #10MidnightDean R. Koontz