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The Poseidon Adventure

Paul Gallico

Entered Sep 28, 1969 · 1 week on the list

Book Power
4.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#10
1 week there · Sep 28, 1969
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
1
September 1969

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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Paul Gallicoprimary100%4.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 28, 1969 on the timeline →
  1. #1The GodfatherMario Puzo
  2. #2The Love MachineJacqueline Susann
  3. #3Portnoy's ComplaintPhilip Roth
  4. #4Naked Came the StrangerPenelope Ashe
  5. #5The Andromeda StrainMichael Crichton
  6. #6The PretendersGladys Rockmore Davis
  7. #7A Place in the CountrySarah Gainham
  8. #8Ada, or Ardor: a Family ChronicleVladimir Nabokov
  9. #9The Goodbye LookRoss MacDonald
  10. #10The Poseidon AdventurePaul Gallico

The #1 bestsellers of 1969

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