Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Settlers
Entered May 28, 1972 · peaked at #8 on Jun 4, 1972 · 4 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 2, 1972
- Book Power
- 19.3
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 4
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 4
- May 1972 – July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meyer Levin | primary | 100% | 19.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jun 4, 1972 on the timeline →- #1The WordIrving Wallace
- #2The Winds of WarHerman Wouk
- #3Captains and the KingsTaylor Caldwell
- #4Jonathan Livingston SeagullRichard Bach
- #5My Name Is Asher LevChaim Potok
- #6The ExorcistWilliam Peter Blatty
- #7The Terminal ManMichael Crichton
- #8The SettlersMeyer Levin
- #9The Friends of Eddie CoyleGeorge V. Higgins
- #10The Blue KnightJoseph Wambaugh