Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Polar Star
Entered Jul 9, 1989 · peaked at #1 on Aug 6, 1989 · 15 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 15, 1989
- Book Power
- 149.7
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 2
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 13
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 15
- July 1989 – October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Cruz Smith | primary | 100% | 149.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 6, 1989 on the timeline →- #1Polar StarMartin Cruz Smith
- #2The Russia HouseJohn le Carré
- #3The Joy Luck ClubAmy Tan
- #4While My Pretty One SleepsMary Higgins Clark
- #5Red PhoenixLarry Bond
- #6JourneyJames Michener
- #7Talking GodTony Hillerman
- #8The NegotiatorFrederick Forsyth
- #9Murder at the Kennedy CenterMargaret Truman
- #10The Temple of My FamiliarAlice Walker