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Purple Cane Road

James Lee Burke

Entered Aug 20, 2000 · 6 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 24, 2000

Book Power
33.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#6
2 weeks there · first Aug 27, 2000
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
6
August 2000 – September 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
James Lee Burkeprimary100%33.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 27, 2000 on the timeline →
  1. #1Winter SolsticeRosamunde Pilcher
  2. #2Dust to DustTami Hoag
  3. #3The House on Hope StreetDanielle Steel
  4. #4Not a Day Goes ByE. Lynn Harris
  5. #5OmertaMario Puzo
  6. #6Purple Cane RoadJames Lee Burke
  7. #7StalkerFaye Kellerman
  8. #8NORA, NoraAnne Rivers Siddons
  9. #9Mr. PerfectLinda Howard
  10. #10RiptideCatherine Coulter

The #1 bestsellers of 2000

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 2000.