Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Assassins
Entered Feb 27, 1972 · peaked at #4 on Mar 26, 1972 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen May 14, 1972
- Book Power
- 79.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elia Kazan | primary | 100% | 79.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 26, 1972 on the timeline →- #1The Winds of WarHerman Wouk
- #2WheelsArthur Hailey
- #3The Day of the JackalFrederick Forsyth
- #4The AssassinsElia Kazan
- #5The ExorcistWilliam Peter Blatty
- #6The BetsyHarold Robbins
- #7The Blue KnightJoseph Wambaugh
- #8Message from MalagaHelen MacInnes
- #9The WordIrving Wallace
- #10Rabbit ReduxJohn Updike