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The Chosen

Chaim Potok

Entered May 28, 1967 · 39 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 18, 1968

Book Power
367.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
3 weeks there · first Oct 1, 1967
Top-ten weeks
39
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
39
May 1967 – February 1968

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
Chaim Potokprimary100%367.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 1, 1967 on the timeline →
  1. #1The ChosenChaim Potok
  2. #2The ArrangementElia Kazan
  3. #3Night Falls on the CitySarah Gainham
  4. #4The Eighth DayThornton Wilder
  5. #5Rosemary's BabyIra Levin
  6. #6A Second-Hand LifeCharles Jackson
  7. #7The Gabriel HoundsMary Stewart
  8. #8A Night of WatchingElliott Arnold
  9. #9TopazLeon Uris
  10. #10Washington, D.C.Gore Vidal

The #1 bestsellers of 1967

1967 in books →

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