Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Joy Luck Club
Entered Apr 9, 1989 · peaked at #3 on May 14, 1989 · 35 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 15, 1990
- Book Power
- 257.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 29
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 35
- April 1989 – April 1990
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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Tan | primary | 100% | 257.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See May 14, 1989 on the timeline →- #1The Satanic VersesSalman Rushdie
- #2The NegotiatorFrederick Forsyth
- #3The Joy Luck ClubAmy Tan
- #4StarDanielle Steel
- #5A Prayer for Owen MeanyJohn Irving
- #6KillshotElmore Leonard
- #7We Are Still MarriedGarrison Keillor
- #8While My Pretty One SleepsMary Higgins Clark
- #9The Temple of My FamiliarAlice Walker
- #10The Diamond ThroneDavid Eddings