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The Salamander

Morris L. West

Entered Sep 16, 1973 · 23 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 24, 1974

Book Power
143.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#5
3 weeks there · first Nov 11, 1973
Top-ten weeks
23
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
23
September 1973 – February 1974

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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Morris L. Westprimary100%143.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 11, 1973 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Hollow HillsMary Stewart
  2. #2The Honorary ConsulGraham Greene
  3. #3The Billion Dollar Sure ThingPaul Emil Erdman
  4. #4World Without End, AmenJimmy Breslin
  5. #5The SalamanderMorris L. West
  6. #6Breakfast of ChampionsKurt Vonnegut
  7. #7The First Deadly SinLawrence Sanders
  8. #8Once Is Not EnoughJacqueline Susann
  9. #9Theophilus NorthThornton Wilder
  10. #10Harvest HomeThomas Tryon

The #1 bestsellers of 1973

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