Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Prelude to Terror
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen MacInnes | primary | 100% | 50.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 12, 1978 on the timeline →- #1War and RemembranceHerman Wouk
- #2ChesapeakeJames A. Michener
- #3Fools DieMario Puzo
- #4The Far PavilionsM.M. Kaye
- #5Second GenerationHoward Fast
- #6Prelude to TerrorHelen MacInnes
- #7The Empty Copper SeaJohn D. MacDonald
- #8EvergreenBelva Plain
- #9IllusionsRichard Bach
- #10Eye of the NeedleKen Follett