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Giles Goat Boy

John Barth

Entered Aug 28, 1966 · 12 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 13, 1966

Book Power
91.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
3 weeks there · first Sep 11, 1966
Top-ten weeks
12
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
12
August 1966 – November 1966

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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
John Barthprimary100%91.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 11, 1966 on the timeline →
  1. #1Valley of the DollsJacqueline Susann
  2. #2The AdventurersHarold Robbins
  3. #3Tai-PanJames Clavell
  4. #4Giles Goat BoyJohn Barth
  5. #5The SourceJames Michener
  6. #6The DetectiveRoderick Thorp
  7. #7Tell No ManAdela Rogers St. Johns
  8. #8I, the KingFrances Parkinson Keyes
  9. #9The Double ImageHelen MacInnes
  10. #10Saturday the Rabbi Went HungryHarry Kemelman

The #1 bestsellers of 1966

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1966.