Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Blue Knight

Joseph Wambaugh

Entered Mar 19, 1972 · peaked at #6 on Apr 30, 1972 · 17 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 16, 1972

Book Power
88.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
17
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
17
March 1972 – July 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
Joseph Wambaughprimary100%88.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 30, 1972 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Winds of WarHerman Wouk
  2. #2The WordIrving Wallace
  3. #3The ExorcistWilliam Peter Blatty
  4. #4WheelsArthur Hailey
  5. #5Captains and the KingsTaylor Caldwell
  6. #6The Blue KnightJoseph Wambaugh
  7. #7The Day of the JackalFrederick Forsyth
  8. #8The AssassinsElia Kazan
  9. #9The BetsyHarold Robbins
  10. #10Jonathan Livingston SeagullRichard Bach