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The Godfather

Mario Puzo

Entered Mar 30, 1969 · 67 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 5, 1970

Book Power
779.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
21 weeks there · first Sep 21, 1969
Top-ten weeks
67
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
67
March 1969 – July 1970

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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
Mario Puzoprimary100%779.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 21, 1969 on the timeline →
  1. #1The GodfatherMario Puzo
  2. #2The Love MachineJacqueline Susann
  3. #3Portnoy's ComplaintPhilip Roth
  4. #4The Andromeda StrainMichael Crichton
  5. #5The PretendersGladys Rockmore Davis
  6. #6Naked Came the StrangerPenelope Ashe
  7. #7Ada, or Ardor: a Family ChronicleVladimir Nabokov
  8. #8A Place in the CountrySarah Gainham
  9. #9The Goodbye LookRoss MacDonald
  10. #10The Three Daughters of Madame LiangPearl S. Buck

The #1 bestsellers of 1969

1969 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1969.