Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Best American Short Stories of the Century

John Updike & Katrina Kenison

Entered Apr 25, 1999 · peaked at #15 on May 16, 1999 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 6, 1999

Book Power
6.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
3
April 1999 – June 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
John Updikeprimary50%3.0
Katrina Kenisonprimary50%3.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 16, 1999 on the timeline →
  1. #1We'll Meet AgainMary Higgins Clark
  2. #2The Girl Who Loved Tom GordonStephen King
  3. #3A New SongJan Karon
  4. #4East of the MountainsDavid Guterson
  5. #5BittersweetDanielle Steel
  6. #6The TestamentJohn Grisham
  7. #7Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneJ. K. Rowling
  8. #8Tara RoadMaeve Binchy
  9. #9What's Heaven?Maria Shriver
  10. #10Eye of the BeholderJayne Ann Krentz