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Deception on His Mind

Elizabeth George

Entered Jul 20, 1997 · 6 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 24, 1997

Book Power
22.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#8
2 weeks there · first Aug 3, 1997
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
6
July 1997 – August 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
Elizabeth Georgeprimary100%22.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 3, 1997 on the timeline →
  1. #1Unnatural ExposurePatricia Cornwell
  2. #2Special DeliveryDanielle Steel
  3. #3Plum IslandNelson DeMille
  4. #4Fat TuesdaySandra Brown
  5. #5Cold MountainCharles Frazier
  6. #6The PartnerJohn Grisham
  7. #7The NotebookNicholas Sparks
  8. #8Deception on His MindElizabeth George
  9. #9Power of a WomanBarbara Taylor Bradford
  10. #10Up IslandAnne Rivers Siddons

The #1 bestsellers of 1997

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1997.