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Fifth Business

Robertson Davies

Entered Mar 28, 1971 · 2 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 4, 1971

Book Power
8.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#10
2 weeks there · first Mar 28, 1971
Top-ten weeks
2
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
2
March 1971 – April 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Robertson Daviesprimary100%8.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 28, 1971 on the timeline →
  1. #1QB VIILeon Uris
  2. #2The Throne of SaturnAllen Drury
  3. #3The New CenturionsJoseph Wambaugh
  4. #4Love StoryErich Segal
  5. #5The Underground ManRoss MacDonald
  6. #6Rich Man, Poor ManIrwin Shaw
  7. #7The Passions of the MindIrving Stone
  8. #8Passenger to FrankfurtAgatha Christie
  9. #9Islands in the StreamErnest Hemingway
  10. #10Fifth BusinessRobertson Davies

The #1 bestsellers of 1971

1971 in books →

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