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Bitter Sweet

LaVyrle Spencer

Entered Mar 4, 1990 · 10 weeks on the list, last seen May 6, 1990

Book Power
55.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#5
1 week there · Apr 1, 1990
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
10
March 1990 – May 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
LaVyrle Spencerprimary100%55.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 1, 1990 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Bourne UltimatumRobert Ludlum
  2. #2Oh, the Places You'll Go!Dr. Seuss
  3. #3Clear and Present DangerTom Clancy
  4. #4Devices and DesiresP.D. James
  5. #5Bitter SweetLaVyrle Spencer
  6. #6The Scions of ShannaraTerry Brooks
  7. #7The Bad PlaceDean R. Koontz
  8. #8A Ruling PassionJudith Michael
  9. #9VinelandThomas Pynchon
  10. #10CaribbeanJames A. Michener

The #1 bestsellers of 1990

1990 in books →

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