Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Persian Boy
Entered Nov 19, 1972 · peaked at #4 on Feb 11, 1973 · 23 weeks on the list, last seen May 6, 1973
- Book Power
- 158.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 23
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 23
- November 1972 – May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Renault | primary | 100% | 158.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Feb 11, 1973 on the timeline →- #1Jonathan Livingston SeagullRichard Bach
- #2The Odessa FileFrederick Forsyth
- #3Semi-ToughDan Jenkins
- #4The Persian BoyMary Renault
- #5August 1914Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- #6Green DarknessAnya Seton
- #7The CameronsRobert Crichton
- #8The Sunlight DialoguesJohn Gardner
- #9Elephants Can RememberAgatha Christie
- #10The Winds of WarHerman Wouk