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Play It as It Lays
Entered Sep 6, 1970 · peaked at #10 on Sep 6, 1970 · 1 week on the list
- Book Power
- 4.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 1
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 1
- September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joan Didion | primary | 100% | 4.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Sep 6, 1970 on the timeline →- #1Love StoryErich Segal
- #2The Crystal CaveMary Stewart
- #3Great Lion of GodTaylor Caldwell
- #4The French Lieutenant's WomanJohn Fowles
- #5The Secret WomanVictoria Holt
- #6Calico PalaceGwen Bristow
- #7DeliveranceJames Dickey
- #8Bech: a BookJohn Updike
- #9The Lord Won't MindGordon Merrick
- #10Play It as It LaysJoan Didion