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Anansi Boys

Neil Gaiman

Entered Oct 9, 2005 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 23, 2005

Book Power
22.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
1 week there · Oct 9, 2005
Top-ten weeks
2
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
3
October 2005 – October 2005

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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
Neil Gaimanprimary100%22.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 9, 2005 on the timeline →
  1. #1Anansi BoysNeil Gaiman
  2. #2Goodnight NobodyJennifer Weiner
  3. #3The Da Vinci CodeDan Brown
  4. #4The MarchE. L. Doctorow
  5. #5On BeautyZadie Smith
  6. #6The Widow of the SouthRobert Hicks
  7. #7The HistorianElizabeth Kostova
  8. #8Polar ShiftClive Cussler & Paul Kemprecos
  9. #9Lipstick JungleCandace Bushnell
  10. #10Point BlankCatherine Coulter

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 2005.