Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Puppet on a Chain
Entered Dec 14, 1969 · peaked at #5 on Jan 18, 1970 · 17 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 5, 1970
- Book Power
- 103.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 17
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 17
- December 1969 – April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alistair MacLean | primary | 100% | 103.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jan 18, 1970 on the timeline →- #1The GodfatherMario Puzo
- #2The French Lieutenant's WomanJohn Fowles
- #3The House on the StrandDaphne Du Maurier
- #4The InheritorsHarold Robbins
- #5Puppet on a ChainAlistair MacLean
- #6In This House of BredeRumer Godden
- #7Fire from HeavenMary Renault
- #8The Seven MinutesIrving Wallace
- #9The Gang That Couldn't Shoot StraightJimmy Breslin
- #10The Andromeda StrainMichael Crichton