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The Honorary Consul

Graham Greene

Entered Oct 7, 1973 · 27 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 14, 1974

Book Power
295.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
2 weeks there · first Nov 25, 1973
Top-ten weeks
27
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
27
October 1973 – April 1974

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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
Graham Greeneprimary100%295.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 25, 1973 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Honorary ConsulGraham Greene
  2. #2The Hollow HillsMary Stewart
  3. #3BurrGore Vidal
  4. #4The Billion Dollar Sure ThingPaul Emil Erdman
  5. #5World Without End, AmenJimmy Breslin
  6. #6Theophilus NorthThornton Wilder
  7. #7The SalamanderMorris L. West
  8. #8Come Nineveh, Come TyreAllen Drury
  9. #9Once Is Not EnoughJacqueline Susann
  10. #10The First Deadly SinLawrence Sanders

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