Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Ordinary People

Judith Guest

Entered Aug 29, 1976 · peaked at #4 on Sep 26, 1976 · 19 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 23, 1977

Book Power
129.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
19
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
19
August 1976 – January 1977

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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
Judith Guestprimary100%129.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 26, 1976 on the timeline →
  1. #1TrinityLeon Uris
  2. #2DoloresJacqueline Susann
  3. #3Touch Not the CatMary Stewart
  4. #4Ordinary PeopleJudith Guest
  5. #5The DeepPeter Benchley
  6. #6The Lonely LadyHarold Robbins
  7. #7SlapstickKurt Vonnegut
  8. #8Sleeping MurderAgatha Christie
  9. #9Agent in PlaceHelen MacInnes
  10. #10Crowned HeadsThomas Tryon