Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Whistle

James Jones

Entered Apr 2, 1978 · peaked at #5 on Apr 2, 1978 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 11, 1978

Book Power
63.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
11
April 1978 – June 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
James Jonesprimary100%63.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 2, 1978 on the timeline →
  1. #1BloodlineSidney Sheldon
  2. #2The Thorn BirdsColleen McCullough
  3. #3The SilmarillionJ.R.R. Tolkien
  4. #4ScruplesJudith Krantz
  5. #5WhistleJames Jones
  6. #6The Human FactorGraham Greene
  7. #7The Women's RoomMarilyn French
  8. #8The Honorable SchoolboyJohn le Carré
  9. #9IllusionsRichard Bach
  10. #10The Plague DogsRichard Adams