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Prelude to Terror

Helen MacInnes

Entered Nov 12, 1978 · peaked at #6 on Nov 12, 1978 · 11 weeks on the list, last seen Jan 21, 1979

Book Power
50.2
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
11
November 1978 – January 1979

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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
Helen MacInnesprimary100%50.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 12, 1978 on the timeline →
  1. #1War and RemembranceHerman Wouk
  2. #2ChesapeakeJames A. Michener
  3. #3Fools DieMario Puzo
  4. #4The Far PavilionsM.M. Kaye
  5. #5Second GenerationHoward Fast
  6. #6Prelude to TerrorHelen MacInnes
  7. #7The Empty Copper SeaJohn D. MacDonald
  8. #8EvergreenBelva Plain
  9. #9IllusionsRichard Bach
  10. #10Eye of the NeedleKen Follett