Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Straight

Dick Francis

Entered Nov 26, 1989 · peaked at #6 on Dec 3, 1989 · 10 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 28, 1990

Book Power
52.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
10
November 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Dick Francisprimary100%52.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 3, 1989 on the timeline →
  1. #1DaddyDanielle Steel
  2. #2The Dark HalfStephen King
  3. #3CaribbeanJames A. Michener
  4. #4Clear and Present DangerTom Clancy
  5. #5Foucault's PendulumUmberto Eco
  6. #6StraightDick Francis
  7. #7Sorceress of DarshivaDavid Eddings
  8. #8Swan LakeMark Helprin
  9. #9The Pillars of the EarthKen Follett
  10. #10Tales from MargaritavilleJimmy Buffett