Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Scruples
Entered Mar 12, 1978 · peaked at #1 on Jun 18, 1978 · 29 weeks on the list, last seen Dec 24, 1978
- Book Power
- 251.8
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 4
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 21
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 29
- March 1978 – December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judith Krantz | primary | 100% | 251.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jun 18, 1978 on the timeline →- #1ScruplesJudith Krantz
- #2BloodlineSidney Sheldon
- #3The Holcroft CovenantRobert Ludlum
- #4The Human FactorGraham Greene
- #5Stained GlassWilliam F. Buckley Jr
- #6The SilmarillionJ.R.R. Tolkien
- #7IllusionsRichard Bach
- #8The World According to GarpJohn Irving
- #9KalkiGore Vidal
- #10The Thorn BirdsColleen McCullough