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Far Tortuga

Peter Matthiessen

Entered Jun 15, 1975 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 13, 1975

Book Power
12.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#10
3 weeks there · first Jun 15, 1975
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
3
June 1975 – July 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
Peter Matthiessenprimary100%12.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 15, 1975 on the timeline →
  1. #1The MoneychangersArthur Hailey
  2. #2CentennialJames Michener
  3. #3ShardikRichard Adams
  4. #4The Promise of JoyAllen Drury
  5. #5The Dreadful Lemon SkyJohn D. MacDonald
  6. #6The Massacre at Fall CreekJessamyn West
  7. #7SpindriftPhyllis A. Whitney
  8. #8A Month of SundaysJohn Updike
  9. #9The Seven-Per-Cent SolutionNicholas Meyer
  10. #10Far TortugaPeter Matthiessen

The #1 bestsellers of 1975

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