Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Dreams Die First
Entered Oct 30, 1977 · peaked at #6 on Dec 4, 1977 · 25 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 23, 1978
- Book Power
- 114.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 17
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 25
- October 1977 – April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Robbins | primary | 100% | 114.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 4, 1977 on the timeline →- #1The SilmarillionJ.R.R. Tolkien
- #2The Thorn BirdsColleen McCullough
- #3The Honourable SchoolboyJohn le Carré
- #4Daniel MartinJohn Fowles
- #5Beggarman, ThiefIrwin Shaw
- #6Dreams Die FirstHarold Robbins
- #7IllusionsRichard Bach
- #8The ImmigrantsHoward Fast
- #9The Book of MerlynTerence H. White
- #10The Second Deadly SinLawrence Sanders