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Wobegon Boy

Garrison Keillor

Entered Nov 30, 1997 · 7 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 11, 1998

Book Power
25.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#9
2 weeks there · first Dec 21, 1997
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
7
November 1997 – January 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
Garrison Keillorprimary100%26.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 21, 1997 on the timeline →
  1. #1Cold MountainCharles Frazier
  2. #2Cat & MouseJames Patterson
  3. #3The GhostDanielle Steel
  4. #4Another City, Not My OwnDominick Dunne
  5. #5The LetterRichard Paul Evans
  6. #6A Certain JusticeP.D. James
  7. #7Survival of the FittestJonathan Kellerman
  8. #8Comanche MoonLarry McMurtry
  9. #9Wobegon BoyGarrison Keillor
  10. #10The WinnerDavid Baldacci

The #1 bestsellers of 1997

1997 in books →

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