Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Eye of the Needle
Entered Jul 9, 1978 · peaked at #8 on Jul 23, 1978 · 17 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 18, 1979
- Book Power
- 58.7
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 6
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 17
- July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Follett | primary | 100% | 58.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 23, 1978 on the timeline →- #1ChesapeakeJames A. Michener
- #2ScruplesJudith Krantz
- #3BloodlineSidney Sheldon
- #4The Holcroft CovenantRobert Ludlum
- #5The World According to GarpJohn Irving
- #6Stained GlassWilliam F. Buckley Jr
- #7The Last ConvertibleAnton Myrer
- #8Eye of the NeedleKen Follett
- #9IllusionsRichard Bach
- #10The SilmarillionJ.R.R. Tolkien