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Breakfast of Champions

Kurt Vonnegut

Entered May 13, 1973 · 28 weeks on the list, last seen Nov 18, 1973

Book Power
327.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
10 weeks there · first Jul 1, 1973
Top-ten weeks
28
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
28
May 1973 – November 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
Kurt Vonnegutprimary100%327.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 1, 1973 on the timeline →
  1. #1Breakfast of ChampionsKurt Vonnegut
  2. #2Once Is Not EnoughJacqueline Susann
  3. #3The Odessa FileFrederick Forsyth
  4. #4Jonathan Livingston SeagullRichard Bach
  5. #5Facing the LionsTom Wicker
  6. #6The Matlock PaperRobert Ludlum
  7. #7Evening in ByzantiumIrwin Shaw
  8. #8The Summer Before the DarkDoris Lessing
  9. #9Law and OrderDorothy Uhnak
  10. #10Sleeping BeautyRoss MacDonald

The #1 bestsellers of 1973

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