Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Temple of My Familiar

Alice Walker

Entered May 7, 1989 · peaked at #3 on Jun 4, 1989 · 21 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 24, 1989

Book Power
114.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
16
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
21
May 1989 – September 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
Alice Walkerprimary100%114.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 4, 1989 on the timeline →
  1. #1While My Pretty One SleepsMary Higgins Clark
  2. #2The NegotiatorFrederick Forsyth
  3. #3The Temple of My FamiliarAlice Walker
  4. #4The Joy Luck ClubAmy Tan
  5. #5PlaymatesRobert B. Parker
  6. #6The Satanic VersesSalman Rushdie
  7. #7StarDanielle Steel
  8. #8Stranger in SavannahEugenia Price
  9. #9A Prayer for Owen MeanyJohn Irving
  10. #10We Are Still MarriedGarrison Keillor