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The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

Entered May 9, 1971 · 24 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 17, 1971

Book Power
164.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
3 weeks there · first Jun 20, 1971
Top-ten weeks
24
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
24
May 1971 – October 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
Sylvia Plathprimary100%164.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 20, 1971 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Passions of the MindIrving Stone
  2. #2QB VIILeon Uris
  3. #3The New CenturionsJoseph Wambaugh
  4. #4The Bell JarSylvia Plath
  5. #5PenmarricSusan Howatch
  6. #6The OtherThomas Tryon
  7. #7The Underground ManRoss MacDonald
  8. #8The DriftersJames A. Michener
  9. #9The ExorcistWilliam Peter Blatty
  10. #10The Throne of SaturnAllen Drury

The #1 bestsellers of 1971

1971 in books →

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