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Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Dr. Seuss

Entered Feb 25, 1990 · 178 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 9, 2000

Book Power
1,076.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
5 weeks there · first Mar 4, 1990
Top-ten weeks
112
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
178
February 1990 – July 2000

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
Dr. Seussprimary100%1,081.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 4, 1990 on the timeline →
  1. #1Oh, the Places You'll Go!Dr. Seuss
  2. #2Devices and DesiresP.D. James
  3. #3The Bad PlaceDean R. Koontz
  4. #4Clear and Present DangerTom Clancy
  5. #5DaddyDanielle Steel
  6. #6A Ruling PassionJudith Michael
  7. #7Cold HarbourJack Higgins
  8. #8CounterattackW. E. B. Griffin
  9. #9CaribbeanJames A. Michener
  10. #10VinelandThomas Pynchon

The #1 bestsellers of 1990

1990 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1990.