Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Entered Sep 17, 1989 · peaked at #4 on Oct 1, 1989 · 16 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 21, 1990
- Book Power
- 84.8
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 9
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 16
- September 1989 – January 1990
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Gurganus | primary | 100% | 84.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 1, 1989 on the timeline →- #1Clear and Present DangerTom Clancy
- #2Pillars of the EarthKen Follett
- #3California GoldJohn Jakes
- #4Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells AllAllan Gurganus
- #5The Joy Luck ClubAmy Tan
- #6The Russia HouseJohn le Carré
- #7Polar StarMartin Cruz Smith
- #8The Old SilentMartha Grimes
- #9Joshua and the ChildrenJoseph F. Girzone
- #10Jimmy Stewart and His PoemsJimmy Stewart