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The Betsy

Harold Robbins

Entered Dec 12, 1971 · 21 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 30, 1972

Book Power
124.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#6
5 weeks there · first Feb 6, 1972
Top-ten weeks
21
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
21
December 1971 – April 1972

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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
Harold Robbinsprimary100%124.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 6, 1972 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Winds of WarHerman Wouk
  2. #2WheelsArthur Hailey
  3. #3The Day of the JackalFrederick Forsyth
  4. #4The ExorcistWilliam Peter Blatty
  5. #5Rabbit ReduxJohn Updike
  6. #6The BetsyHarold Robbins
  7. #7Message from MalagaHelen MacInnes
  8. #8Our GangPhilip Roth
  9. #9NemesisAgatha Christie
  10. #10The Naive and Sentimental LoverJohn le Carré

The #1 bestsellers of 1972

1972 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1972.