Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Lord Won't Mind

Gordon Merrick

Entered May 31, 1970 · peaked at #7 on Jul 19, 1970 · 16 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 11, 1970

Book Power
77.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
16
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
16
May 1970 – October 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
Gordon Merrickprimary100%77.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 19, 1970 on the timeline →
  1. #1Love StoryErich Segal
  2. #2Great Lion of GodTaylor Caldwell
  3. #3The French Lieutenant's WomanJohn Fowles
  4. #4DeliveranceJames Dickey
  5. #5Calico PalaceGwen Bristow
  6. #6The Crystal CaveMary Stewart
  7. #7The Lord Won't MindGordon Merrick
  8. #8Losing BattlesEudura Welty
  9. #9The Gang That Couldn't Shoot StraightJimmy Breslin
  10. #10Such Good FriendsLois Gould
The Lord Won't Mind — Gordon Merrick · ChartReign