Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Captains and the Kings
Entered Apr 30, 1972 · peaked at #2 on Aug 27, 1972 · 31 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 26, 1972
- Book Power
- 293.3
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 31
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 31
- April 1972 – November 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Caldwell | primary | 100% | 293.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 27, 1972 on the timeline →- #1Jonathan Livingston SeagullRichard Bach
- #2Captains and the KingsTaylor Caldwell
- #3The Winds of WarHerman Wouk
- #4My Name Is Asher LevChaim Potok
- #5Dark HorseFletcher Knebel
- #6The WordIrving Wallace
- #7The Terminal ManMichael Crichton
- #8The LevanterEric Ambler
- #9A Portion for FoxesJane McIlvaine McClary
- #10Report to the CommissionerJames Mills