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Message in a Bottle

Nicholas Sparks

Entered Apr 26, 1998 · 29 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 17, 1999

Book Power
186.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
6 weeks there · first May 3, 1998
Top-ten weeks
24
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
29
April 1998 – January 1999

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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
Nicholas Sparksprimary100%186.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 3, 1998 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Long Road HomeDanielle Steel
  2. #2You Belong to MeMary Higgins Clark
  3. #3Black and BlueAnna Quindlen
  4. #4Message in a BottleNicholas Sparks
  5. #5The Street LawyerJohn Grisham
  6. #6PandoraAnne Rice
  7. #7Cold MountainCharles Frazier
  8. #8ToxinRobin Cook
  9. #9Memoirs of a GeishaArthur Golden
  10. #10A Patchwork PlanetAnne Tyler

The #1 bestsellers of 1998

1998 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1998.