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The Choirboys

Joseph Wambaugh

Entered Nov 30, 1975 · 28 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 6, 1976

Book Power
281.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#2
8 weeks there · first Feb 8, 1976
Top-ten weeks
28
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
28
November 1975 – June 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
Joseph Wambaughprimary100%281.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 8, 1976 on the timeline →
  1. #1CurtainAgatha Christie
  2. #2The ChoirboysJoseph Wambaugh
  3. #3RagtimeE. L. Doctorow
  4. #4The Greek TreasureIrving Stone
  5. #5In the BeginningChaim Potok
  6. #6The Eagle Has LandedJack Higgins
  7. #7Looking for Mr. GoodbarJudith Rossner
  8. #8Humboldt's GiftSaul Bellow
  9. #9ShogunJames Clavell
  10. #10Saving the QueenWilliam F. Buckley Jr

The #1 bestsellers of 1976

1976 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1976.