Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

The Coup

John Updike

Entered Jan 7, 1979 · peaked at #4 on Jan 28, 1979 · 17 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 29, 1979

Book Power
84.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
9
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
17
January 1979 – April 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
John Updikeprimary100%84.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 28, 1979 on the timeline →
  1. #1ChesapeakeJames A. Michener
  2. #2War and RemembranceHerman Wouk
  3. #3The Stories of John CheeverJohn Cheever
  4. #4The CoupJohn Updike
  5. #5Second GenerationHoward Fast
  6. #6Fools DieMario Puzo
  7. #7OverloadArthur Hailey
  8. #8The SilmarillionJ.R.R. Tolkien
  9. #9EvergreenBelva Plain
  10. #10Bright Flows the RiverTaylor Caldwell