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Saving the Queen

William F. Buckley Jr

Entered Feb 8, 1976 · 15 weeks on the list, last seen May 23, 1976

Book Power
121.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#3
3 weeks there · first Mar 21, 1976
Top-ten weeks
15
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
15
February 1976 – 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
William F. Buckley Jrprimary100%121.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 21, 1976 on the timeline →
  1. #1CurtainAgatha Christie
  2. #2The ChoirboysJoseph Wambaugh
  3. #3Saving the QueenWilliam F. Buckley Jr
  4. #4RagtimeE. L. Doctorow
  5. #51876Gore Vidal
  6. #6The Gemini ContendersRobert Ludlum
  7. #7The Greek TreasureIrving Stone
  8. #8The Boys from BrazilIra Levin
  9. #9In the BeginningChaim Potok
  10. #10NightworkIrwin Shaw

The #1 bestsellers of 1976

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