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Gravity's Rainbow

Thomas Pynchon

Entered Apr 22, 1973 · 4 weeks on the list, last seen May 20, 1973

Book Power
20.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#8
2 weeks there · first May 13, 1973
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
4
April 1973 – May 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
Thomas Pynchonprimary100%20.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 13, 1973 on the timeline →
  1. #1Once Is Not EnoughJacqueline Susann
  2. #2The Odessa FileFrederick Forsyth
  3. #3Jonathan Livingston SeagullRichard Bach
  4. #4The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeJohn Godey
  5. #5Green DarknessAnya Seton
  6. #6Evening in ByzantiumIrwin Shaw
  7. #7The Matlock PaperRobert Ludlum
  8. #8Gravity's RainbowThomas Pynchon
  9. #9Breakfast of ChampionsKurt Vonnegut
  10. #10The Sunlight DialoguesJohn Gardner

The #1 bestsellers of 1973

1973 in books →

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