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The Understudy

Elia Kazan

Entered Mar 9, 1975 · 2 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 16, 1975

Book Power
8.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#10
2 weeks there · first Mar 9, 1975
Top-ten weeks
2
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
2
March 1975 – 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
Elia Kazanprimary100%8.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 9, 1975 on the timeline →
  1. #1CentennialJames Michener
  2. #2The Seven-Per-Cent SolutionNicholas Meyer
  3. #3Something HappenedJoseph Heller
  4. #4LadyThomas Tryon
  5. #5The Ebony TowerJohn Fowles
  6. #6The PirateHarold Robbins
  7. #7HarlequinMorris West
  8. #8Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, SpyJohn le Carré
  9. #9The Dogs of WarFrederick Forsyth
  10. #10The UnderstudyElia Kazan

The #1 bestsellers of 1975

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