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The Rich Are Different

Susan Howatch

Entered May 8, 1977 · 6 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 2, 1977

Book Power
21.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#9
1 week there · Jul 10, 1977
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
6
May 1977 – October 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
Susan Howatchprimary100%21.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 10, 1977 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Thorn BirdsColleen McCullough
  2. #2FalconerJohn Cheever
  3. #3The Crash of '79Paul E. Erdman
  4. #4Oliver's StoryErich Segal
  5. #5CondominiumJohn D. MacDonald
  6. #6The Chancellor ManuscriptRobert Ludlum
  7. #7IllusionsRichard Bach
  8. #8TrinityLeon Uris
  9. #9The Rich Are DifferentSusan Howatch
  10. #10A Book of Common PrayerJoan Didion

The #1 bestsellers of 1977

1977 in books →

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