Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Book of Merlyn
Entered Oct 9, 1977 · 24 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 19, 1978
- Book Power
- 103.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Peak
- #6
- 3 weeks there · first Nov 27, 1977
- Top-ten weeks
- 12
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 24
- October 1977 – March 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terence H. White | primary | 100% | 103.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 27, 1977 on the timeline →- #1The SilmarillionJ.R.R. Tolkien
- #2The Thorn BirdsColleen McCullough
- #3The Honourable SchoolboyJohn le Carré
- #4Daniel MartinJohn Fowles
- #5IllusionsRichard Bach
- #6The Book of MerlynTerence H. White
- #7The ImmigrantsHoward Fast
- #8Dreams Die FirstHarold Robbins
- #9The Second Deadly SinLawrence Sanders
- #10Beggarman, ThiefIrwin Shaw
The #1 bestsellers of 1977
1977 in books →Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1977.
- Trinity · Leon Uris
- Oliver's Story · Erich Segal
- Falconer · John Cheever
- The Thorn Birds · Colleen McCullough
- The Silmarillion · J.R.R. Tolkien