Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Delta of Venus
Entered Aug 7, 1977 · peaked at #4 on Aug 14, 1977 · 36 weeks on the list, last seen May 7, 1978
- Book Power
- 183.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 18
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 36
- August 1977 – May 1978
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anais Nin | primary | 100% | 183.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 14, 1977 on the timeline →- #1The Thorn BirdsColleen McCullough
- #2The Crash of '79Paul E. Erdman
- #3IllusionsRichard Bach
- #4Delta of VenusAnais Nin
- #5FalconerJohn Cheever
- #6Oliver's StoryErich Segal
- #7Full DisclosureWilliam Safire
- #8CondominiumJohn D. MacDonald
- #9TrinityLeon Uris
- #10The Chancellor ManuscriptRobert Ludlum