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The Deep End of the Ocean

Jacquelyn Mitchard

Entered Sep 22, 1996 · 29 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 13, 1997

Book Power
236.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
6 weeks there · first Oct 6, 1996
Top-ten weeks
24
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
29
September 1996 – April 1997

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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
Jacquelyn Mitchardprimary100%236.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 6, 1996 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Deep End of the OceanJacquelyn Mitchard
  2. #2Executive OrdersTom Clancy
  3. #3Jack and JillJames Patterson
  4. #4The Celestine ProphecyJames Redfield
  5. #5Servant of the BonesAnne Rice
  6. #6The Runaway JuryJohn Grisham
  7. #7Falling UpShel Silverstein
  8. #8The Last DonMario Puzo
  9. #9The Tenth InsightJames Redfield
  10. #10LegendJude Deveraux

The #1 bestsellers of 1996

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1996.