Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Humboldt's Gift
Entered Sep 7, 1975 · peaked at #2 on Nov 23, 1975 · 24 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 15, 1976
- Book Power
- 163.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 24
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 24
- September 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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saul Bellow | primary | 100% | 163.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 23, 1975 on the timeline →- #1Looking for Mr. GoodbarJudith Rossner
- #2Humboldt's GiftSaul Bellow
- #3The Greek TreasureIrving Stone
- #4CurtainAgatha Christie
- #5RagtimeE. L. Doctorow
- #6The Eagle Has LandedJack Higgins
- #7ShogunJames Clavell
- #8The Great Train RobberyMichael Crichton
- #9The MoneychangersArthur Hailey
- #10In the BeginningChaim Potok