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Red Phoenix

Larry Bond

Entered Jun 4, 1989 · 15 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 10, 1989

Book Power
103.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
3 weeks there · first Jul 2, 1989
Top-ten weeks
13
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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Larry Bondprimary100%103.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 2, 1989 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Russia HouseJohn le Carré
  2. #2Talking GodTony Hillerman
  3. #3The NegotiatorFrederick Forsyth
  4. #4Red PhoenixLarry Bond
  5. #5While My Pretty One SleepsMary Higgins Clark
  6. #6Capital CrimesLawrence Sanders
  7. #7The Temple of My FamiliarAlice Walker
  8. #8The Joy Luck ClubAmy Tan
  9. #9The Satanic VersesSalman Rushdie
  10. #10Day of the CheetahDale Brown

The #1 bestsellers of 1989

1989 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1989.