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Winter Kills

Richard Condon

Entered Jul 7, 1974 · 8 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 8, 1974

Book Power
38.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#7
1 week there · Aug 25, 1974
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
8
July 1974 – September 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
Richard Condonprimary100%38.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 25, 1974 on the timeline →
  1. #1Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, SpyJohn le Carré
  2. #2The Dogs of WarFrederick Forsyth
  3. #3Watership DownRichard Adams
  4. #4JawsPeter Benchley
  5. #5CashelmaraSusan Howatch
  6. #6The Fan ClubIrving Wallace
  7. #7Winter KillsRichard Condon
  8. #8The Silver BearsPaul E. Erdman
  9. #9The House of a Thousand LanternsVictoria Holt
  10. #10If Beale Street Could TalkJames Baldwin

The #1 bestsellers of 1974

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1974.