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Theirs Was the Kingdom

R.F. Delderfield

Entered Sep 26, 1971 · 13 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 19, 1971

Book Power
81.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#5
3 weeks there · first Oct 31, 1971
Top-ten weeks
13
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
13
September 1971 – December 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
R.F. Delderfieldprimary100%81.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 31, 1971 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Day of the JackalFrederick Forsyth
  2. #2WheelsArthur Hailey
  3. #3The ExorcistWilliam Peter Blatty
  4. #4Message from MalagaHelen MacInnes
  5. #5Theirs Was the KingdomR.F. Delderfield
  6. #6The Shadow of the LynxVictoria Holt
  7. #7The OtherThomas Tryon
  8. #8The DriftersJames A. Michener
  9. #9MauriceE.M. Forster
  10. #10The TenantsBernard Malamud

The #1 bestsellers of 1971

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