Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Couples
Entered Apr 14, 1968 · peaked at #1 on Jun 30, 1968 · 36 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 15, 1968
- Book Power
- 394.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks on top
- 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Updike | primary | 100% | 394.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jun 30, 1968 on the timeline →- #1CouplesJohn Updike
- #2AirportArthur Hailey
- #3Myra BreckinridgeGore Vidal
- #4Testimony of Two MenTaylor Caldwell
- #5TopazLeon Uris
- #6VanishedFletcher Knebel
- #7The Confessions of Nat TurnerWilliam Styron
- #8Red Sky at MorningRichard Bradford
- #9TuncLawrence Durrell
- #10The TriumphJohn Kenneth Galbraith