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An Operational Necessity

Gwyn Griffin

Entered Sep 10, 1967 · peaked at #8 on Oct 8, 1967 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 19, 1967

Book Power
36.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
8
September 1967 – November 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
Gwyn Griffinprimary100%36.6

The top ten the week it peaked

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