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The Sum of All Fears

Tom Clancy

Entered Aug 25, 1991 · 29 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 8, 1992

Book Power
279.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
7 weeks there · first Aug 25, 1991
Top-ten weeks
25
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
29
August 1991 – March 1992

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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
Tom Clancyprimary100%279.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 25, 1991 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Sum of All FearsTom Clancy
  2. #2The FirmJohn Grisham
  3. #3The Kitchen God's WifeAmy Tan
  4. #4Maximum BobElmore Leonard
  5. #5Outer BanksAnne Rivers Siddons
  6. #6Heir to the EmpireTimothy Zahn
  7. #7Loves Music, Loves to DanceMary Higgins Clark
  8. #8PastimeRobert B. Parker
  9. #9ParadiseJudith McNaught
  10. #10BeastPeter Benchley

The #1 bestsellers of 1991

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