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Centennial

James Michener

Entered Sep 1, 1974 · 60 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 19, 1975

Book Power
701.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
28 weeks there · first Oct 13, 1974
Top-ten weeks
60
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
60
September 1974 – October 1975

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
James Michenerprimary100%701.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 13, 1974 on the timeline →
  1. #1CentennialJames Michener
  2. #2Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, SpyJohn le Carré
  3. #3The Dogs of WarFrederick Forsyth
  4. #4JawsPeter Benchley
  5. #5The War Between the TatesAlison Lurie
  6. #6The House of a Thousand LanternsVictoria Holt
  7. #7Watership DownRichard Adams
  8. #8The Seven-Per-Cent SolutionNicholas Meyer
  9. #9CashelmaraSusan Howatch
  10. #10The Rhinemann ExchangeRobert Ludlum

The #1 bestsellers of 1974

1974 in books →

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