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Shogun

James Clavell

Entered Jul 20, 1975 · peaked at #3 on Aug 24, 1975 · 32 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 22, 1976

Book Power
234.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
32
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
32
July 1975 – February 1976

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
James Clavellprimary100%234.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 24, 1975 on the timeline →
  1. #1RagtimeE. L. Doctorow
  2. #2Looking for Mr. GoodbarJudith Rossner
  3. #3ShogunJames Clavell
  4. #4The Great Train RobberyMichael Crichton
  5. #5CentennialJames Michener
  6. #6The MoneychangersArthur Hailey
  7. #7ShardikRichard Adams
  8. #8The Eagle Has LandedJack Higgins
  9. #9The BoatLothar-Guenther Buchheim
  10. #10The Dreadful Lemon SkyJohn D. MacDonald