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Black Sunday

Thomas Harris

Entered Feb 23, 1975 · 14 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 8, 1975

Book Power
75.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#6
3 weeks there · first Apr 13, 1975
Top-ten weeks
14
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
14
February 1975 – June 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
Thomas Harrisprimary100%75.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 13, 1975 on the timeline →
  1. #1CentennialJames Michener
  2. #2The MoneychangersArthur Hailey
  3. #3The Seven-Per-Cent SolutionNicholas Meyer
  4. #4The Promise of JoyAllen Drury
  5. #5LadyThomas Tryon
  6. #6Black SundayThomas Harris
  7. #7Something HappenedJoseph Heller
  8. #8The Dreadful Lemon SkyJohn D. MacDonald
  9. #9A Month of SundaysJohn Updike
  10. #10The PirateHarold Robbins

The #1 bestsellers of 1975

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Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1975.