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The Promise of Joy

Allen Drury

Entered Mar 30, 1975 · 19 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 3, 1975

Book Power
163.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
6 weeks there · first Apr 27, 1975
Top-ten weeks
19
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
19
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
Allen Druryprimary100%163.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 27, 1975 on the timeline →
  1. #1CentennialJames Michener
  2. #2The MoneychangersArthur Hailey
  3. #3The Promise of JoyAllen Drury
  4. #4The Seven-Per-Cent SolutionNicholas Meyer
  5. #5The Dreadful Lemon SkyJohn D. MacDonald
  6. #6A Month of SundaysJohn Updike
  7. #7LadyThomas Tryon
  8. #8Something HappenedJoseph Heller
  9. #9Black SundayThomas Harris
  10. #10SpindriftPhyllis A. Whitney

The #1 bestsellers of 1975

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