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The Seven Minutes

Irving Wallace

Entered Oct 26, 1969 · 17 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 15, 1970

Book Power
130.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
3 weeks there · first Nov 23, 1969
Top-ten weeks
17
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
17
October 1969 – February 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
Irving Wallaceprimary100%130.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 23, 1969 on the timeline →
  1. #1The GodfatherMario Puzo
  2. #2The House on the StrandDaphne Du Maurier
  3. #3The Seven MinutesIrving Wallace
  4. #4The Love MachineJacqueline Susann
  5. #5The Andromeda StrainMichael Crichton
  6. #6In This House of BredeRumer Godden
  7. #7The PromiseChaim Potok
  8. #8Naked Came the StrangerPenelope Ashe
  9. #9The PretendersGladys Rockmore Davis
  10. #10Portnoy's ComplaintPhilip Roth

The #1 bestsellers of 1969

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