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Portnoy's Complaint

Philip Roth

Entered Feb 23, 1969 · 40 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 23, 1969

Book Power
462.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
14 weeks there · first Mar 16, 1969
Top-ten weeks
40
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
40
February 1969 – November 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
Philip Rothprimary100%462.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 16, 1969 on the timeline →
  1. #1Portnoy's ComplaintPhilip Roth
  2. #2The Salzburg ConnectionHelen MacInnes
  3. #3A Small Town in GermanyJohn le Carré
  4. #4AirportArthur Hailey
  5. #5Force 10 from NavaroneAlistair MacLean
  6. #6The First CircleAlexander Solzhenitsyn
  7. #7The Hurricane YearsCameron Hawley
  8. #8Preserve and ProtectAllen Drury
  9. #9A World of ProfitLouis Auchincloss
  10. #10The Vines of YarrabeeDorothy Eden

The #1 bestsellers of 1969

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