Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Pale King

David Foster Wallace

Entered Apr 17, 2011 · peaked at #8 on May 1, 2011 · 4 weeks on the list, last seen May 8, 2011

Book Power
12.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
4
April 2011 – May 2011

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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
David Foster Wallaceprimary100%12.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 1, 2011 on the timeline →
  1. #1Chasing FireNora Roberts
  2. #2The Land of Painted CavesJean M. Auel
  3. #3The Fifth WitnessMichael Connelly
  4. #4I'll Walk AloneMary Higgins Clark
  5. #544 Charles StreetDanielle Steel
  6. #6The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’S NestStieg Larsson
  7. #7Save MeLisa Scottoline
  8. #8The Pale KingDavid Foster Wallace
  9. #9Sing You HomeJodi Picoult
  10. #10Live WireHarlan Coben
The Pale King — David Foster Wallace · ChartReign