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10 LB. Penalty

Dick Francis

Entered Oct 12, 1997 · 7 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 23, 1997

Book Power
44.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#5
3 weeks there · first Oct 12, 1997
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
7
October 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
Dick Francisprimary100%44.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 12, 1997 on the timeline →
  1. #1Flood TideClive Cussler
  2. #2Cold MountainCharles Frazier
  3. #3The Best Laid PlansSidney Sheldon
  4. #4The Angel of DarknessCaleb Carr
  5. #510 LB. PenaltyDick Francis
  6. #6UnderworldDon DeLillo
  7. #7TimequakeKurt Vonnegut
  8. #8The NotebookNicholas Sparks
  9. #9Unnatural ExposurePatricia Cornwell
  10. #10The God of Small ThingsArundhati Roy

The #1 bestsellers of 1997

1997 in books →

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