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Being There

Jerzy Kosinski

Entered May 30, 1971 · 1 week on the list

Book Power
5.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#8
1 week there · May 30, 1971
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
1
May 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
Jerzy Kosinskiprimary100%5.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 30, 1971 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Passions of the MindIrving Stone
  2. #2QB VIILeon Uris
  3. #3The New CenturionsJoseph Wambaugh
  4. #4The Underground ManRoss MacDonald
  5. #5The Throne of SaturnAllen Drury
  6. #6The Bell JarSylvia Plath
  7. #7PenmarricSusan Howatch
  8. #8Being ThereJerzy Kosinski
  9. #9Summer of '42Herman Raucher
  10. #10The AntagonistsErnest K. Gann

The #1 bestsellers of 1971

1971 in books →

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