Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Tai-Pan
Entered Jun 12, 1966 · peaked at #2 on Oct 2, 1966 · 44 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 9, 1967
- Book Power
- 351.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 44
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 44
- June 1966 – April 1967
Ranked by Book Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a list published by anyone else. How it works →
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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Clavell | primary | 100% | 351.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 2, 1966 on the timeline →- #1Valley of the DollsJacqueline Susann
- #2Tai-PanJames Clavell
- #3The AdventurersHarold Robbins
- #4The Secret of Santa VittoriaRobert Crichton
- #5Giles Goat BoyJohn Barth
- #6The DetectiveRoderick Thorp
- #7The SourceJames Michener
- #8The FixerBernard Malamud
- #9Saturday the Rabbi Went HungryHarry Kemelman
- #10Capable of HonorAllen Drury