Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Notebook

Nicholas Sparks

Entered Oct 27, 1996 · peaked at #3 on Mar 30, 1997 · 56 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 16, 1997

Book Power
361.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
52
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
56
October 1996 – November 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
Nicholas Sparksprimary100%361.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 30, 1997 on the timeline →
  1. #1The PartnerJohn Grisham
  2. #2Total ControlDavid Baldacci
  3. #3The NotebookNicholas Sparks
  4. #4Sole SurvivorDean Koontz
  5. #53001: the Final OdysseyArthur C. Clarke
  6. #6Evening ClassMaeve Binchy
  7. #7Hornet's NestPatricia Cornwell
  8. #8A Thin Dark LineTami Hoag
  9. #9The ListSteve Martini
  10. #10Small Town GirlLaVyrle Spencer