Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Honorable Schoolboy

John le Carré

Entered Jan 1, 1978 · peaked at #3 on Jan 1, 1978 · 21 weeks on the list, last seen May 21, 1978

Book Power
148.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
15
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
21
January 1978 – May 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
John le Carréprimary100%148.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 1, 1978 on the timeline →
  1. #1The SilmarillionJ.R.R. Tolkien
  2. #2The Thorn BirdsColleen McCullough
  3. #3The Honorable SchoolboyJohn le Carré
  4. #4IllusionsRichard Bach
  5. #5Beggarman, ThiefIrwin Shaw
  6. #6Daniel MartinJohn Fowles
  7. #7The Book of MerlynTerence H. White
  8. #8DynastyRobert S. Elegant
  9. #9Dreams Die FirstHarold Robbins
  10. #10The ImmigrantsHoward Fast