Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Richard Bach

Entered Apr 30, 1972 · peaked at #1 on Jul 2, 1972 · 70 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 9, 1973

Book Power
840.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
38
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
70
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
70
April 1972 – September 1973

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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
Richard Bachprimary100%840.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 2, 1972 on the timeline →
  1. #1Jonathan Livingston SeagullRichard Bach
  2. #2The Winds of WarHerman Wouk
  3. #3Captains and the KingsTaylor Caldwell
  4. #4The WordIrving Wallace
  5. #5My Name Is Asher LevChaim Potok
  6. #6The Terminal ManMichael Crichton
  7. #7The Optimist's DaughterEudora Welty
  8. #8A Portion for FoxesJane McIlvaine McClary
  9. #9The SettlersMeyer Levin
  10. #10The Friends of Eddie CoyleGeorge V. Higgins