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Bloodline

Sidney Sheldon

Entered Feb 12, 1978 · 26 weeks on the list, last seen Aug 6, 1978

Book Power
335.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
13 weeks there · first Mar 12, 1978
Top-ten weeks
26
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
26
February 1978 – August 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
Sidney Sheldonprimary100%335.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 12, 1978 on the timeline →
  1. #1BloodlineSidney Sheldon
  2. #2The SilmarillionJ.R.R. Tolkien
  3. #3The Thorn BirdsColleen McCullough
  4. #4The Honorable SchoolboyJohn le Carré
  5. #5The Black MarbleJoseph Wambaugh
  6. #6The Women's RoomMarilyn French
  7. #7IllusionsRichard Bach
  8. #8Dreams Die FirstHarold Robbins
  9. #9Beggarman, ThiefIrwin Shaw
  10. #10Rachel, the Rabbi's WifeSylvia Tenenbaum

The #1 bestsellers of 1978

1978 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1978.