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The Matlock Paper

Robert Ludlum

Entered Apr 29, 1973 · 18 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 2, 1973

Book Power
121.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#4
1 week there · May 27, 1973
Top-ten weeks
18
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
18
April 1973 – September 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
Robert Ludlumprimary100%121.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 27, 1973 on the timeline →
  1. #1Once Is Not EnoughJacqueline Susann
  2. #2The Odessa FileFrederick Forsyth
  3. #3Jonathan Livingston SeagullRichard Bach
  4. #4The Matlock PaperRobert Ludlum
  5. #5Evening in ByzantiumIrwin Shaw
  6. #6The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeJohn Godey
  7. #7Breakfast of ChampionsKurt Vonnegut
  8. #8Green DarknessAnya Seton
  9. #9Law and OrderDorothy Uhnak
  10. #10Sleeping BeautyRoss MacDonald

The #1 bestsellers of 1973

1973 in books →

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