Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Win, Lose or Die

John Gardner

Entered Aug 20, 1989 · peaked at #11 on Aug 20, 1989 · 4 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 10, 1989

Book Power
11.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
4
August 1989 – September 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
John Gardnerprimary100%11.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 20, 1989 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Russia HouseJohn le Carré
  2. #2Polar StarMartin Cruz Smith
  3. #3The Joy Luck ClubAmy Tan
  4. #4BlessingsBelva Plain
  5. #5While My Pretty One SleepsMary Higgins Clark
  6. #6Red PhoenixLarry Bond
  7. #7Knight in Shining ArmorJude Deveraux
  8. #8JourneyJames Michener
  9. #9The Temple of My FamiliarAlice Walker
  10. #10The NegotiatorFrederick Forsyth