Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Bach | primary | 100% | 840.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 2, 1972 on the timeline →- #1Jonathan Livingston SeagullRichard Bach
- #2The Winds of WarHerman Wouk
- #3Captains and the KingsTaylor Caldwell
- #4The WordIrving Wallace
- #5My Name Is Asher LevChaim Potok
- #6The Terminal ManMichael Crichton
- #7The Optimist's DaughterEudora Welty
- #8A Portion for FoxesJane McIlvaine McClary
- #9The SettlersMeyer Levin
- #10The Friends of Eddie CoyleGeorge V. Higgins