Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
If Beale Street Could Talk
Entered Jul 7, 1974 · peaked at #7 on Aug 18, 1974 · 7 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 25, 1974
- Book Power
- 35.3
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 7
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 7
- July 1974 – August 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Baldwin | primary | 100% | 35.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 18, 1974 on the timeline →- #1Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, SpyJohn le Carré
- #2The Dogs of WarFrederick Forsyth
- #3JawsPeter Benchley
- #4Watership DownRichard Adams
- #5CashelmaraSusan Howatch
- #6The Fan ClubIrving Wallace
- #7If Beale Street Could TalkJames Baldwin
- #8The House of a Thousand LanternsVictoria Holt
- #9Winter KillsRichard Condon
- #10The Snare of the HunterHelen MacInnes