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1876

Gore Vidal

Entered Mar 21, 1976 · 25 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 5, 1976

Book Power
274.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
9 weeks there · first Apr 11, 1976
Top-ten weeks
25
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
25
March 1976 – September 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
Gore Vidalprimary100%274.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 11, 1976 on the timeline →
  1. #11876Gore Vidal
  2. #2TrinityLeon Uris
  3. #3The ChoirboysJoseph Wambaugh
  4. #4CurtainAgatha Christie
  5. #5The Gemini ContendersRobert Ludlum
  6. #6Saving the QueenWilliam F. Buckley Jr
  7. #7The Boys from BrazilIra Levin
  8. #8RagtimeE. L. Doctorow
  9. #9The R DocumentIrving Wallace
  10. #10The Greek TreasureIrving Stone

The #1 bestsellers of 1976

1976 in books →

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