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The New Centurions

Joseph Wambaugh

Entered Feb 7, 1971 · 32 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 26, 1971

Book Power
260.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#2
1 week there · Jun 27, 1971
Top-ten weeks
32
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
32
February 1971 – September 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
Joseph Wambaughprimary100%260.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 27, 1971 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Passions of the MindIrving Stone
  2. #2The New CenturionsJoseph Wambaugh
  3. #3The ExorcistWilliam Peter Blatty
  4. #4QB VIILeon Uris
  5. #5PenmarricSusan Howatch
  6. #6The Bell JarSylvia Plath
  7. #7The OtherThomas Tryon
  8. #8The Throne of SaturnAllen Drury
  9. #9The Underground ManRoss MacDonald
  10. #10Love in the RuinsWalker Percy

The #1 bestsellers of 1971

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