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Seawitch

Alistair MacLean

Entered Sep 18, 1977 · 1 week on the list

Book Power
2.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#15
1 week there · Sep 18, 1977
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
1
September 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Alistair MacLeanprimary100%—

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 18, 1977 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Thorn BirdsColleen McCullough
  2. #2IllusionsRichard Bach
  3. #3DynastyRobert S. Elegant
  4. #4The Crash of '79Paul E. Erdman
  5. #5Full DisclosureWilliam Safire
  6. #6Delta of VenusAnais Nin
  7. #7ComaRobin Cook
  8. #8Oliver's StoryErich Segal
  9. #9The InvestigationDorothy Uhnak
  10. #10CondominiumJohn D. MacDonald

The #1 bestsellers of 1977

1977 in books →

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