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The Old Silent

Martha Grimes

Entered Sep 3, 1989 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 22, 1989

Book Power
42.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#5
1 week there · Sep 17, 1989
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
8
September 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Martha Grimesprimary100%42.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 17, 1989 on the timeline →
  1. #1Clear and Present DangerTom Clancy
  2. #2Polar StarMartin Cruz Smith
  3. #3The Russia HouseJohn le Carré
  4. #4The Joy Luck ClubAmy Tan
  5. #5The Old SilentMartha Grimes
  6. #6BlessingsBelva Plain
  7. #7Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells AllAllan Gurganus
  8. #8Joshua and the ChildrenJoseph F. Girzone
  9. #9Knight in Shining ArmorJude Deveraux
  10. #10JourneyJames Michener

The #1 bestsellers of 1989

1989 in books →

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