Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Betsy
Entered Dec 12, 1971 · peaked at #6 on Feb 6, 1972 · 21 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 30, 1972
- Book Power
- 124.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 21
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 21
- December 1971 – April 1972
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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Robbins | primary | 100% | 124.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Feb 6, 1972 on the timeline →- #1The Winds of WarHerman Wouk
- #2WheelsArthur Hailey
- #3The Day of the JackalFrederick Forsyth
- #4The ExorcistWilliam Peter Blatty
- #5Rabbit ReduxJohn Updike
- #6The BetsyHarold Robbins
- #7Message from MalagaHelen MacInnes
- #8Our GangPhilip Roth
- #9NemesisAgatha Christie
- #10The Naive and Sentimental LoverJohn le Carré