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Ceremony of the Innocent

Taylor Caldwell

Entered Nov 21, 1976 · 13 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 13, 1977

Book Power
74.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#6
2 weeks there · first Jan 2, 1977
Top-ten weeks
13
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
13
November 1976 – March 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
Taylor Caldwellprimary100%74.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 2, 1977 on the timeline →
  1. #1TrinityLeon Uris
  2. #2Sleeping MurderAgatha Christie
  3. #3Storm WarningJack Higgins
  4. #4SlapstickKurt Vonnegut
  5. #5Raise the Titanic!Clive Cussler
  6. #6Ceremony of the InnocentTaylor Caldwell
  7. #7Touch Not the CatMary Stewart
  8. #8Marry MeJohn Updike
  9. #9DoloresJacqueline Susann
  10. #10The Crash of '79Paul E. Erdman

The #1 bestsellers of 1977

1977 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1977.