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Sisters and Strangers

Helen Van Slyke

Entered Nov 19, 1978 · 1 week on the list

Book Power
2.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#15
1 week there · Nov 19, 1978
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
1
November 1978

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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 Van Slykeprimary100%2.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 19, 1978 on the timeline →
  1. #1War and RemembranceHerman Wouk
  2. #2ChesapeakeJames A. Michener
  3. #3Fools DieMario Puzo
  4. #4The Far PavilionsM.M. Kaye
  5. #5EvergreenBelva Plain
  6. #6The Empty Copper SeaJohn D. MacDonald
  7. #7Second GenerationHoward Fast
  8. #8Prelude to TerrorHelen MacInnes
  9. #9Eye of the NeedleKen Follett
  10. #10Bright Flows the RiverTaylor Caldwell

The #1 bestsellers of 1978

1978 in books →

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