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The Odessa File

Frederick Forsyth

Entered Nov 5, 1972 · 48 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 30, 1973

Book Power
518.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
6 weeks there · first Mar 25, 1973
Top-ten weeks
48
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
48
November 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Frederick Forsythprimary100%518.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 25, 1973 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Odessa FileFrederick Forsyth
  2. #2Jonathan Livingston SeagullRichard Bach
  3. #3Green DarknessAnya Seton
  4. #4Semi-ToughDan Jenkins
  5. #5The Sunlight DialoguesJohn Gardner
  6. #6The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeJohn Godey
  7. #7The CameronsRobert Crichton
  8. #8The Persian BoyMary Renault
  9. #9August 1914Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  10. #10Elephants Can RememberAgatha Christie

The #1 bestsellers of 1973

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1973.