Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Talking God
Entered Jun 4, 1989 · peaked at #2 on Jul 2, 1989 · 15 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 10, 1989
- Book Power
- 99.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 10
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 15
- June 1989 – September 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Hillerman | primary | 100% | 99.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 2, 1989 on the timeline →- #1The Russia HouseJohn le Carré
- #2Talking GodTony Hillerman
- #3The NegotiatorFrederick Forsyth
- #4Red PhoenixLarry Bond
- #5While My Pretty One SleepsMary Higgins Clark
- #6Capital CrimesLawrence Sanders
- #7The Temple of My FamiliarAlice Walker
- #8The Joy Luck ClubAmy Tan
- #9The Satanic VersesSalman Rushdie
- #10Day of the CheetahDale Brown