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The Dreadful Lemon Sky

John D. MacDonald

Entered Mar 23, 1975 · peaked at #3 on Jun 8, 1975 · 23 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 24, 1975

Book Power
169.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
23
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
23
March 1975 – August 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
John D. MacDonaldprimary100%169.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 8, 1975 on the timeline →
  1. #1The MoneychangersArthur Hailey
  2. #2CentennialJames Michener
  3. #3The Dreadful Lemon SkyJohn D. MacDonald
  4. #4The Promise of JoyAllen Drury
  5. #5ShardikRichard Adams
  6. #6The Massacre at Fall CreekJessamyn West
  7. #7A Month of SundaysJohn Updike
  8. #8SpindriftPhyllis A. Whitney
  9. #9The Seven-Per-Cent SolutionNicholas Meyer
  10. #10Black SundayThomas Harris
The Dreadful Lemon Sky — John D. MacDonald · ChartReign