Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Bright Flows the River

Taylor Caldwell

Entered Nov 12, 1978 · peaked at #5 on Dec 17, 1978 · 19 weeks on the list, last seen Mar 18, 1979

Book Power
83.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
12
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
19
November 1978 – March 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
Taylor Caldwellprimary100%83.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 17, 1978 on the timeline →
  1. #1War and RemembranceHerman Wouk
  2. #2ChesapeakeJames A. Michener
  3. #3The Far PavilionsM.M. Kaye
  4. #4Fools DieMario Puzo
  5. #5Bright Flows the RiverTaylor Caldwell
  6. #6IllusionsRichard Bach
  7. #7EvergreenBelva Plain
  8. #8The Empty Copper SeaJohn D. MacDonald
  9. #9Second GenerationHoward Fast
  10. #10The SilmarillionJ.R.R. Tolkien