Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Winds of War

Herman Wouk

Entered Nov 28, 1971 · peaked at #1 on Jan 16, 1972 · 65 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 25, 1973

Book Power
727.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
21
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
65
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
65
November 1971 – February 1973

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
Herman Woukprimary100%727.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 16, 1972 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Winds of WarHerman Wouk
  2. #2WheelsArthur Hailey
  3. #3The Day of the JackalFrederick Forsyth
  4. #4Rabbit ReduxJohn Updike
  5. #5The ExorcistWilliam Peter Blatty
  6. #6Message from MalagaHelen MacInnes
  7. #7The BetsyHarold Robbins
  8. #8Our GangPhilip Roth
  9. #9Bear IslandAlistair MacLean
  10. #10NemesisAgatha Christie