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The Assassins

Elia Kazan

Entered Feb 27, 1972 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen May 14, 1972

Book Power
79.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
2 weeks there · first Mar 26, 1972
Top-ten weeks
11
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
11
February 1972 – May 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Elia Kazanprimary100%79.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 26, 1972 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Winds of WarHerman Wouk
  2. #2WheelsArthur Hailey
  3. #3The Day of the JackalFrederick Forsyth
  4. #4The AssassinsElia Kazan
  5. #5The ExorcistWilliam Peter Blatty
  6. #6The BetsyHarold Robbins
  7. #7The Blue KnightJoseph Wambaugh
  8. #8Message from MalagaHelen MacInnes
  9. #9The WordIrving Wallace
  10. #10Rabbit ReduxJohn Updike

The #1 bestsellers of 1972

1972 in books →

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