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The Best Laid Plans

Sidney Sheldon

Entered Sep 21, 1997 · 10 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 23, 1997

Book Power
92.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#2
3 weeks there · first Sep 21, 1997
Top-ten weeks
9
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
10
September 1997 – 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
Sidney Sheldonprimary100%92.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 21, 1997 on the timeline →
  1. #1Cold MountainCharles Frazier
  2. #2The Best Laid PlansSidney Sheldon
  3. #3Unnatural ExposurePatricia Cornwell
  4. #4Special DeliveryDanielle Steel
  5. #5The NotebookNicholas Sparks
  6. #6Plum IslandNelson DeMille
  7. #7The God of Small ThingsArundhati Roy
  8. #8Deja DeadKathy Reichs
  9. #9The PartnerJohn Grisham
  10. #10If This World Were MineE. Lynn Harris

The #1 bestsellers of 1997

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