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While My Pretty One Sleeps

Mary Higgins Clark

Entered May 14, 1989 · 21 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 1, 1989

Book Power
187.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
2 weeks there · first May 28, 1989
Top-ten weeks
18
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
21
May 1989 – October 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
Mary Higgins Clarkprimary100%187.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 28, 1989 on the timeline →
  1. #1While My Pretty One SleepsMary Higgins Clark
  2. #2StarDanielle Steel
  3. #3The NegotiatorFrederick Forsyth
  4. #4The Temple of My FamiliarAlice Walker
  5. #5The Satanic VersesSalman Rushdie
  6. #6The Joy Luck ClubAmy Tan
  7. #7Stranger in SavannahEugenia Price
  8. #8A Prayer for Owen MeanyJohn Irving
  9. #9PlaymatesRobert B. Parker
  10. #10We Are Still MarriedGarrison Keillor

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