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The Best of Me

Nicholas Sparks

Entered Oct 30, 2011 · 17 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 19, 2012

Book Power
121.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
2 weeks there · first Oct 30, 2011
Top-ten weeks
13
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
17
October 2011 – February 2012

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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
Nicholas Sparksprimary100%122.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 30, 2011 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Best of MeNicholas Sparks
  2. #2The Marriage PlotJeffrey Eugenides
  3. #3SnuffTerry Pratchett
  4. #4The AffairLee Child
  5. #5Shock WaveJohn Sandford
  6. #6The Night CircusErin Morgenstern
  7. #7A Dance with DragonsGeorge R. R. Martin
  8. #8LethalSandra Brown
  9. #9The DovekeepersAlice Hoffman
  10. #101225 Christmas Tree LaneDebbie Macomber

The #1 bestsellers of 2011

2011 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 2011.