Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
An Instance of the Fingerpost
Entered Apr 5, 1998 · peaked at #10 on Apr 12, 1998 · 6 weeks on the list, last seen May 17, 1998
- Book Power
- 18.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 1
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 6
- April 1998 – May 1998
Ranked by Book Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a list published by anyone else. How it works →
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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iain Pears | primary | 100% | 18.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Apr 12, 1998 on the timeline →- #1The Street LawyerJohn Grisham
- #2PandoraAnne Rice
- #3ParadiseToni Morrison
- #4HomeportNora Roberts
- #5Cold MountainCharles Frazier
- #6Memoirs of a GeishaArthur Golden
- #7Blood WorkMichael Connelly
- #8ToxinRobin Cook
- #9Black and BlueAnna Quindlen
- #10An Instance of the FingerpostIain Pears