Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Love Story

Erich Segal

Entered Mar 1, 1970 · peaked at #1 on May 10, 1970 · 62 weeks on the list, last seen May 2, 1971

Book Power
788.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
41
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
62
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
62
March 1970 – May 1971

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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
Erich Segalprimary100%788.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 10, 1970 on the timeline →
  1. #1Love StoryErich Segal
  2. #2The French Lieutenant's WomanJohn Fowles
  3. #3DeliveranceJames Dickey
  4. #4Travels with My AuntGraham Greene
  5. #5Losing BattlesEudura Welty
  6. #6The GodfatherMario Puzo
  7. #7The Gang That Couldn't Shoot StraightJimmy Breslin
  8. #8Great Lion of GodTaylor Caldwell
  9. #9Local AnestheticGunter Grass
  10. #10Mr. Sammlers PlanetSaul Bellow