Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Possessing the Secret of Joy
Entered Jun 21, 1992 · peaked at #4 on Aug 2, 1992 · 15 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 27, 1992
- Book Power
- 88.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 10
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 15
- June 1992 – September 1992
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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Walker | primary | 100% | 88.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 2, 1992 on the timeline →- #1Gerald's GameStephen King
- #2Waiting to ExhaleTerry McMillan
- #3The Pelican BriefJohn Grisham
- #4Possessing the Secret of JoyAlice Walker
- #5Scruples TwoJudith Krantz
- #6ColonyAnne Rivers Siddons
- #7Dark Force RisingTimothy Zahn
- #8ImzadiPeter David
- #9JewelsDanielle Steel
- #10SaharaClive Cussler