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Curtain

Agatha Christie

Entered Oct 5, 1975 · 33 weeks on the list, last seen May 16, 1976

Book Power
400.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
19 weeks there · first Nov 30, 1975
Top-ten weeks
33
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
33
October 1975 – May 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
Agatha Christieprimary100%400.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 30, 1975 on the timeline →
  1. #1CurtainAgatha Christie
  2. #2RagtimeE. L. Doctorow
  3. #3The Greek TreasureIrving Stone
  4. #4Looking for Mr. GoodbarJudith Rossner
  5. #5In the BeginningChaim Potok
  6. #6Humboldt's GiftSaul Bellow
  7. #7The ChoirboysJoseph Wambaugh
  8. #8ShogunJames Clavell
  9. #9The Eagle Has LandedJack Higgins
  10. #10NightworkIrwin Shaw

The #1 bestsellers of 1975

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