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The Letter

Richard Paul Evans

Entered Oct 26, 1997 · 15 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 8, 1998

Book Power
89.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
1 week there · Dec 28, 1997
Top-ten weeks
11
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
15
October 1997 – February 1998

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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
Richard Paul Evansprimary100%87.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 28, 1997 on the timeline →
  1. #1Cold MountainCharles Frazier
  2. #2The GhostDanielle Steel
  3. #3Cat & MouseJames Patterson
  4. #4The LetterRichard Paul Evans
  5. #5A Certain JusticeP.D. James
  6. #6The WinnerDavid Baldacci
  7. #7Another City, Not My OwnDominick Dunne
  8. #8The Christmas BoxRichard Paul Evans
  9. #9Wobegon BoyGarrison Keillor
  10. #10Comanche MoonLarry McMurtry

The #1 bestsellers of 1997

1997 in books →

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