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Sleeping Beauty

Ross MacDonald

Entered May 27, 1973 · 6 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 8, 1973

Book Power
25.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#9
1 week there · Jun 24, 1973
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
6
May 1973 – July 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
Ross MacDonaldprimary100%25.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 24, 1973 on the timeline →
  1. #1Once Is Not EnoughJacqueline Susann
  2. #2Breakfast of ChampionsKurt Vonnegut
  3. #3The Odessa FileFrederick Forsyth
  4. #4Jonathan Livingston SeagullRichard Bach
  5. #5Evening in ByzantiumIrwin Shaw
  6. #6The Matlock PaperRobert Ludlum
  7. #7Law and OrderDorothy Uhnak
  8. #8Facing the LionsTom Wicker
  9. #9Sleeping BeautyRoss MacDonald
  10. #10The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeJohn Godey