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Garden of Lies

Eileen Goudge

Entered Jun 11, 1989 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 13, 1989

Book Power
20.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#12
3 weeks there · first Jul 9, 1989
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
8
June 1989 – August 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
Eileen Goudgeprimary100%20.6

The top ten the week it peaked

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