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I Know This Much Is True

Wally Lamb

Entered Jul 5, 1998 · 19 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 8, 1998

Book Power
201.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
3 weeks there · first Jul 5, 1998
Top-ten weeks
17
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
19
July 1998 – November 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
Wally Lambprimary100%201.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 5, 1998 on the timeline →
  1. #1I Know This Much Is TrueWally Lamb
  2. #2The Klone and IDanielle Steel
  3. #3UnspeakableSandra Brown
  4. #4Summer SistersJudy Blume
  5. #5A Widow for One YearJohn Irving
  6. #6The Eleventh CommandmentJeffrey Archer
  7. #7The Street LawyerJohn Grisham
  8. #8Bridget Jones's DiaryHelen Fielding
  9. #9The Last Full MeasureJeff Shaara
  10. #10Cold MountainCharles Frazier

The #1 bestsellers of 1998

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