Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Cause of Death

Patricia Cornwell

Entered Jul 21, 1996 · peaked at #1 on Jul 21, 1996 · 12 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 6, 1996

Book Power
122.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
5
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
11
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
12
July 1996 – October 1996

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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
Patricia Cornwellprimary100%125.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 21, 1996 on the timeline →
  1. #1Cause of DeathPatricia Cornwell
  2. #2The Runaway JuryJohn Grisham
  3. #3ExclusiveSandra Brown
  4. #4The Tenth InsightJames Redfield
  5. #5How Stella Got Her Groove BackTerry McMillan
  6. #6Falling UpShel Silverstein
  7. #7The Celestine ProphecyJames Redfield
  8. #8Lily WhiteSusan Isaacs
  9. #9A Crown of SwordsRobert Jordan
  10. #10Moonlight Becomes YouMary Higgins Clark