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The Word

Irving Wallace

Entered Mar 26, 1972 · 31 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 22, 1972

Book Power
308.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
2 weeks there · first May 14, 1972
Top-ten weeks
31
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
31
March 1972 – October 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
Irving Wallaceprimary100%308.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 14, 1972 on the timeline →
  1. #1The WordIrving Wallace
  2. #2The Winds of WarHerman Wouk
  3. #3Captains and the KingsTaylor Caldwell
  4. #4The ExorcistWilliam Peter Blatty
  5. #5My Name Is Asher LevChaim Potok
  6. #6Jonathan Livingston SeagullRichard Bach
  7. #7The Friends of Eddie CoyleGeorge V. Higgins
  8. #8The AssassinsElia Kazan
  9. #9The Blue KnightJoseph Wambaugh
  10. #10WheelsArthur Hailey

The #1 bestsellers of 1972

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