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Dreams Die First

Harold Robbins

Entered Oct 30, 1977 · 25 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 23, 1978

Book Power
114.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#6
3 weeks there · first Dec 4, 1977
Top-ten weeks
17
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
25
October 1977 – April 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
Harold Robbinsprimary100%114.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 4, 1977 on the timeline →
  1. #1The SilmarillionJ.R.R. Tolkien
  2. #2The Thorn BirdsColleen McCullough
  3. #3The Honourable SchoolboyJohn le Carré
  4. #4Daniel MartinJohn Fowles
  5. #5Beggarman, ThiefIrwin Shaw
  6. #6Dreams Die FirstHarold Robbins
  7. #7IllusionsRichard Bach
  8. #8The ImmigrantsHoward Fast
  9. #9The Book of MerlynTerence H. White
  10. #10The Second Deadly SinLawrence Sanders

The #1 bestsellers of 1977

1977 in books →

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