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If This World Were Mine

E. Lynn Harris

Entered Aug 3, 1997 · 10 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 5, 1997

Book Power
52.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
1 week there · Sep 14, 1997
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
10
August 1997 – October 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
E. Lynn Harrisprimary100%52.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 14, 1997 on the timeline →
  1. #1Cold MountainCharles Frazier
  2. #2Unnatural ExposurePatricia Cornwell
  3. #3Special DeliveryDanielle Steel
  4. #4If This World Were MineE. Lynn Harris
  5. #5Plum IslandNelson DeMille
  6. #6The NotebookNicholas Sparks
  7. #7The God of Small ThingsArundhati Roy
  8. #8The PartnerJohn Grisham
  9. #9LondonEdward Rutherfurd
  10. #10Deja DeadKathy Reichs

The #1 bestsellers of 1997

1997 in books →

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