Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

John le Carré

Entered Jun 23, 1974 · peaked at #1 on Aug 4, 1974 · 40 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 23, 1975

Book Power
398.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
10
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
40
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
40
June 1974 – March 1975

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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
John le Carréprimary100%398.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 4, 1974 on the timeline →
  1. #1Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, SpyJohn le Carré
  2. #2Watership DownRichard Adams
  3. #3JawsPeter Benchley
  4. #4The Dogs of WarFrederick Forsyth
  5. #5CashelmaraSusan Howatch
  6. #6The Fan ClubIrving Wallace
  7. #7The Snare of the HunterHelen MacInnes
  8. #8BurrGore Vidal
  9. #9If Beale Street Could TalkJames Baldwin
  10. #10Winter KillsRichard Condon