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The Captain

Jan de Hartog

Entered Jan 1, 1967 · 18 weeks on the list, last seen May 28, 1967

Book Power
125.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
1 week there · Mar 5, 1967
Top-ten weeks
18
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
18
January 1967 – May 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Jan de Hartogprimary100%125.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 5, 1967 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Secret of Santa VittoriaRobert Crichton
  2. #2Capable of HonorAllen Drury
  3. #3Valley of the DollsJacqueline Susann
  4. #4The CaptainJan de Hartog
  5. #5The Birds Fall DownRebecca West
  6. #6The ArrangementElia Kazan
  7. #7The Mask of ApolloMary Renault
  8. #8All in the FamilyEdwin O'Connor
  9. #9Tai-PanJames Clavell
  10. #10The FixerBernard Malamud

The #1 bestsellers of 1967

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1967.