Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Thorn Birds

Colleen McCullough

Entered May 22, 1977 · peaked at #1 on Jun 19, 1977 · 59 weeks on the list, last seen Jul 2, 1978

Book Power
712.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
16
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
58
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
59
May 1977 – July 1978

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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
Colleen McCulloughprimary100%713.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 19, 1977 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Thorn BirdsColleen McCullough
  2. #2FalconerJohn Cheever
  3. #3Oliver's StoryErich Segal
  4. #4The Crash of '79Paul E. Erdman
  5. #5CondominiumJohn D. MacDonald
  6. #6TrinityLeon Uris
  7. #7The Chancellor ManuscriptRobert Ludlum
  8. #8A Book of Common PrayerJoan Didion
  9. #9IllusionsRichard Bach
  10. #10How to Save Your Own LifeErica Jong