Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Giles Goat Boy
Entered Aug 28, 1966 · peaked at #4 on Sep 11, 1966 · 12 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 13, 1966
- Book Power
- 91.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Barth | primary | 100% | 91.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Sep 11, 1966 on the timeline →- #1Valley of the DollsJacqueline Susann
- #2The AdventurersHarold Robbins
- #3Tai-PanJames Clavell
- #4Giles Goat BoyJohn Barth
- #5The SourceJames Michener
- #6The DetectiveRoderick Thorp
- #7Tell No ManAdela Rogers St. Johns
- #8I, the KingFrances Parkinson Keyes
- #9The Double ImageHelen MacInnes
- #10Saturday the Rabbi Went HungryHarry Kemelman