Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Underground Man

Ross MacDonald

Entered Mar 14, 1971 · peaked at #4 on Apr 18, 1971 · 17 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 4, 1971

Book Power
133.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
17
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
17
March 1971 – July 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
Ross MacDonaldprimary100%133.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 18, 1971 on the timeline →
  1. #1QB VIILeon Uris
  2. #2The Passions of the MindIrving Stone
  3. #3The New CenturionsJoseph Wambaugh
  4. #4The Underground ManRoss MacDonald
  5. #5The Throne of SaturnAllen Drury
  6. #6Passenger to FrankfurtAgatha Christie
  7. #7Rich Man, Poor ManIrwin Shaw
  8. #8The AntagonistsErnest K. Gann
  9. #9Love StoryErich Segal
  10. #10Summer of '42Herman Raucher
The Underground Man — Ross MacDonald · ChartReign