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Shardik

Richard Adams

Entered May 18, 1975 · 19 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 21, 1975

Book Power
161.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#2
3 weeks there · first Jul 6, 1975
Top-ten weeks
19
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
19
May 1975 – September 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
Richard Adamsprimary100%161.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 6, 1975 on the timeline →
  1. #1The MoneychangersArthur Hailey
  2. #2ShardikRichard Adams
  3. #3CentennialJames Michener
  4. #4The Dreadful Lemon SkyJohn D. MacDonald
  5. #5The Promise of JoyAllen Drury
  6. #6Looking for Mr. GoodbarJudith Rossner
  7. #7The Massacre at Fall CreekJessamyn West
  8. #8The Great Train RobberyMichael Crichton
  9. #9SpindriftPhyllis A. Whitney
  10. #10Far TortugaPeter Matthiessen

The #1 bestsellers of 1975

1975 in books →

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