Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
By the Light of My Father's Smile
Entered Oct 18, 1998 · peaked at #9 on Oct 18, 1998 · 2 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 25, 1998
- Book Power
- 9.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 2
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 2
- October 1998 – October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Walker | primary | 100% | 9.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 18, 1998 on the timeline →- #1Bag of BonesStephen King
- #2The LoopNicholas Evans
- #3Rainbow SixTom Clancy
- #4I Know This Much Is TrueWally Lamb
- #5Tell Me Your DreamsSidney Sheldon
- #6Memoirs of a GeishaArthur Golden
- #7The ReefNora Roberts
- #8Summer SistersJudy Blume
- #9By the Light of My Father's SmileAlice Walker
- #10Field of ThirteenDick Francis