Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The World According to Garp
Entered May 28, 1978 · peaked at #4 on Jul 30, 1978 · 15 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 11, 1979
- Book Power
- 82.7
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 11
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 15
- May 1978 – February 1979
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Irving | primary | 100% | 82.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 30, 1978 on the timeline →- #1ChesapeakeJames A. Michener
- #2ScruplesJudith Krantz
- #3BloodlineSidney Sheldon
- #4The World According to GarpJohn Irving
- #5The Holcroft CovenantRobert Ludlum
- #6Stained GlassWilliam F. Buckley Jr
- #7The Women's RoomMarilyn French
- #8The Last ConvertibleAnton Myrer
- #9Eye of the NeedleKen Follett
- #10EvergreenBelva Plain