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Chesapeake

James A. Michener

Entered Jul 23, 1978 · 47 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 9, 1979

Book Power
470.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#1
13 weeks there · first Jul 23, 1978
Top-ten weeks
44
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
47
July 1978 – September 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
James A. Michenerprimary100%470.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 23, 1978 on the timeline →
  1. #1ChesapeakeJames A. Michener
  2. #2ScruplesJudith Krantz
  3. #3BloodlineSidney Sheldon
  4. #4The Holcroft CovenantRobert Ludlum
  5. #5The World According to GarpJohn Irving
  6. #6Stained GlassWilliam F. Buckley Jr
  7. #7The Last ConvertibleAnton Myrer
  8. #8Eye of the NeedleKen Follett
  9. #9IllusionsRichard Bach
  10. #10The SilmarillionJ.R.R. Tolkien

The #1 bestsellers of 1978

1978 in books →

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