Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Rich Are Different
Entered May 8, 1977 · peaked at #9 on Jul 10, 1977 · 6 weeks on the list, last seen Oct 2, 1977
- Book Power
- 21.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 3
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 6
- May 1977 – October 1977
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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Howatch | primary | 100% | 21.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 10, 1977 on the timeline →- #1The Thorn BirdsColleen McCullough
- #2FalconerJohn Cheever
- #3The Crash of '79Paul E. Erdman
- #4Oliver's StoryErich Segal
- #5CondominiumJohn D. MacDonald
- #6The Chancellor ManuscriptRobert Ludlum
- #7IllusionsRichard Bach
- #8TrinityLeon Uris
- #9The Rich Are DifferentSusan Howatch
- #10A Book of Common PrayerJoan Didion