Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Child from the Sea
Entered Sep 20, 1970 · peaked at #4 on Nov 29, 1970 · 26 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 14, 1971
- Book Power
- 179.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 26
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 26
- September 1970 – March 1971
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Goudge | primary | 100% | 179.9 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 29, 1970 on the timeline →- #1Love StoryErich Segal
- #2Islands in the StreamErnest Hemingway
- #3The Crystal CaveMary Stewart
- #4The Child from the SeaElizabeth Goudge
- #5Rich Man, Poor ManIrwin Shaw
- #6God Is an EnglishmanR.F. Delderfield
- #7Great Lion of GodTaylor Caldwell
- #8The Secret WomanVictoria Holt
- #9Calico PalaceGwen Bristow
- #10The French Lieutenant's WomanJohn Fowles