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The Scorpion's Tail

Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

Entered Jan 31, 2021 · 2 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 7, 2021

Cover image: The New York Times · the artwork is the publisher’s.

Book Power
15.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#2
1 week there · Jan 31, 2021
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
2
January 2021 – February 2021

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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
Douglas Prestonprimary50%7.7
Lincoln Childprimary50%7.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 31, 2021 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Vanishing HalfBrit Bennett
  2. #2The Scorpion's TailDouglas Preston & Lincoln Child
  3. #3NeighborsDanielle Steel
  4. #4Star Wars: Light of the JediCharles Soule
  5. #5The Midnight LibraryMatt Haig
  6. #6Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens
  7. #7The Invisible Life of Addie LarueV. E. Schwab
  8. #8Anxious PeopleFredrik Backman
  9. #9The ReturnNicholas Sparks
  10. #10A Time for MercyJohn Grisham

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