Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

A Small Town in Germany

John le Carré

Entered Nov 10, 1968 · peaked at #2 on Dec 8, 1968 · 28 weeks on the list, last seen May 18, 1969

Book Power
295.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
28
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
28
November 1968 – May 1969

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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 le Carréprimary100%295.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 8, 1968 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Salzburg ConnectionHelen MacInnes
  2. #2A Small Town in GermanyJohn le Carré
  3. #3Preserve and ProtectAllen Drury
  4. #4AirportArthur Hailey
  5. #5The Hurricane YearsCameron Hawley
  6. #6CouplesJohn Updike
  7. #7The SenatorDrew Pearson
  8. #8True GritCharles Portis
  9. #9Testimony of Two MenTaylor Caldwell
  10. #10The First CircleAlexander Solzhenitsyn