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Point of Origin

Patricia Cornwell

Entered Jul 26, 1998 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 4, 1998

Book Power
104.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
3 weeks there · first Jul 26, 1998
Top-ten weeks
10
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
11
July 1998 – October 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
Patricia Cornwellprimary100%104.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 26, 1998 on the timeline →
  1. #1Point of OriginPatricia Cornwell
  2. #2I Know This Much Is TrueWally Lamb
  3. #3The Klone and IDanielle Steel
  4. #4Summer SistersJudy Blume
  5. #5Bridget Jones's DiaryHelen Fielding
  6. #6Low CountryAnne Rivers Siddons
  7. #7A Widow for One YearJohn Irving
  8. #8Message in a BottleNicholas Sparks
  9. #9UnspeakableSandra Brown
  10. #10The Eleventh CommandmentJeffrey Archer

The #1 bestsellers of 1998

1998 in books →

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