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Caravan to Vaccares

Alistair MacLean

Entered Dec 20, 1970 · 12 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 7, 1971

Book Power
64.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#6
1 week there · Feb 14, 1971
Top-ten weeks
12
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
12
December 1970 – March 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
Alistair MacLeanprimary100%64.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 14, 1971 on the timeline →
  1. #1Love StoryErich Segal
  2. #2QB VIILeon Uris
  3. #3Islands in the StreamErnest Hemingway
  4. #4Passenger to FrankfurtAgatha Christie
  5. #5Rich Man, Poor ManIrwin Shaw
  6. #6Caravan to VaccaresAlistair MacLean
  7. #7The Child from the SeaElizabeth Goudge
  8. #8The Crystal CaveMary Stewart
  9. #9Doctor Cobb's GameR.V. Cassill
  10. #10God Is an EnglishmanR.F. Delderfield

The #1 bestsellers of 1971

1971 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1971.