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Couples

John Updike

Entered Apr 14, 1968 · 36 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 15, 1968

Book Power
394.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
1 week there · Jun 30, 1968
Top-ten weeks
36
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
36
April 1968 – December 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
John Updikeprimary100%394.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 30, 1968 on the timeline →
  1. #1CouplesJohn Updike
  2. #2AirportArthur Hailey
  3. #3Myra BreckinridgeGore Vidal
  4. #4Testimony of Two MenTaylor Caldwell
  5. #5TopazLeon Uris
  6. #6VanishedFletcher Knebel
  7. #7The Confessions of Nat TurnerWilliam Styron
  8. #8Red Sky at MorningRichard Bradford
  9. #9TuncLawrence Durrell
  10. #10The TriumphJohn Kenneth Galbraith

The #1 bestsellers of 1968

1968 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1968.