Skip to content

Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The General in His Labyrinth

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Entered Sep 23, 1990 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 6, 1991

Book Power
61.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
1 week there · Oct 7, 1990
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
11
September 1990 – January 1991

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
Gabriel Garcia Marquezprimary100%62.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 7, 1990 on the timeline →
  1. #1Four Past MidnightStephen King
  2. #2Memories of MidnightSidney Sheldon
  3. #3The General in His LabyrinthGabriel Garcia Marquez
  4. #4The Burden of ProofScott Turow
  5. #5Hocus PocusKurt Vonnegut
  6. #6Surrender the PinkCarrie Fisher
  7. #7Spy SinkerLen Deighton
  8. #8The Women in His LifeBarbara Taylor Bradford
  9. #9Lady BossJackie Collins
  10. #10Message from NamDanielle Steel

The #1 bestsellers of 1990

1990 in books →

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