Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
A Season in Purgatory
Entered May 2, 1993 · peaked at #5 on May 2, 1993 · 9 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 27, 1993
- Book Power
- 48.6
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 8
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 9
- May 1993 – June 1993
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominick Dunne | primary | 100% | 48.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See May 2, 1993 on the timeline →- #1The Bridges of Madison CountyRobert James Waller
- #2The ClientJohn Grisham
- #3The Last CommandTimothy Zahn
- #4"J" Is for JudgmentSue Grafton
- #5A Season in PurgatoryDominick Dunne
- #6PerfectJudith McNaught
- #7Like Water for ChocolateLaura Esquivel
- #8American StarJackie Collins
- #9For LoveSue Miller
- #10Einstein's DreamsAlan Lightman