Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Godfather
Entered Mar 30, 1969 · peaked at #1 on Sep 21, 1969 · 67 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 5, 1970
- Book Power
- 779.3
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 21
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 67
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 67
- March 1969 – July 1970
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Puzo | primary | 100% | 779.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Sep 21, 1969 on the timeline →- #1The GodfatherMario Puzo
- #2The Love MachineJacqueline Susann
- #3Portnoy's ComplaintPhilip Roth
- #4The Andromeda StrainMichael Crichton
- #5The PretendersGladys Rockmore Davis
- #6Naked Came the StrangerPenelope Ashe
- #7Ada, or Ardor: a Family ChronicleVladimir Nabokov
- #8A Place in the CountrySarah Gainham
- #9The Goodbye LookRoss MacDonald
- #10The Three Daughters of Madame LiangPearl S. Buck