Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

J. K. Rowling

Entered Dec 27, 1998 · peaked at #1 on Aug 15, 1999 · 82 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 16, 2000

Book Power
630.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
2
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
72
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
82
December 1998 – July 2000

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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
J. K. Rowlingprimary100%426.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 15, 1999 on the timeline →
  1. #1Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneJ. K. Rowling
  2. #2HannibalThomas Harris
  3. #3Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsJ. K. Rowling
  4. #4Granny DanDanielle Steel
  5. #5Mother of PearlMelinda Haynes
  6. #6White OleanderJanet Fitch
  7. #7The Girls' Guide to Hunting and FishingMelissa Bank
  8. #8Carnal InnocenceNora Roberts
  9. #9The TestamentJohn Grisham
  10. #10The Girl Who Loved Tom GordonStephen King