Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Honourable Schoolboy

John le Carré

Entered Oct 9, 1977 · peaked at #3 on Oct 23, 1977 · 12 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 25, 1977

Book Power
119.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
11
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
12
October 1977 – December 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
John le Carréprimary100%119.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 23, 1977 on the timeline →
  1. #1The SilmarillionJ.R.R. Tolkien
  2. #2The Thorn BirdsColleen McCullough
  3. #3The Honourable SchoolboyJohn le Carré
  4. #4IllusionsRichard Bach
  5. #5Delta of VenusAnais Nin
  6. #6DynastyRobert S. Elegant
  7. #7Daniel MartinJohn Fowles
  8. #8ComaRobin Cook
  9. #9The Crash of '79Paul E. Erdman
  10. #10The ImmigrantsHoward Fast