Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Looking Glass War

John le Carré

Entered Jul 11, 1965 · peaked at #5 on Aug 15, 1965 · 14 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 10, 1965

Book Power
102.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
14
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
14
July 1965 – October 1965

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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
John le Carréprimary100%102.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 15, 1965 on the timeline →
  1. #1The SourceJames Michener
  2. #2Up the Down StaircaseBel Kaufman
  3. #3The Green BeretsRobin Moore
  4. #4HotelArthur Hailey
  5. #5The Looking Glass WarJohn le Carré
  6. #6Night of Camp DavidFletcher Knebel
  7. #7The AmbassadorMorris West
  8. #8Don't Stop the CarnivalHerman Wouk
  9. #9The Flight of the FalconDaphne Du Maurier
  10. #10A Pillar of IronTaylor Caldwell