Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Praise Singer
Entered Jan 7, 1979 · peaked at #12 on Feb 4, 1979 · 5 weeks on the list, last seen Feb 25, 1979
- Book Power
- 12.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 5
- January 1979 – February 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Renault | primary | 100% | 12.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Feb 4, 1979 on the timeline →- #1ChesapeakeJames A. Michener
- #2War and RemembranceHerman Wouk
- #3OverloadArthur Hailey
- #4The Stories of John CheeverJohn Cheever
- #5The CoupJohn Updike
- #6Fools DieMario Puzo
- #7Second GenerationHoward Fast
- #8Bright Flows the RiverTaylor Caldwell
- #9EvergreenBelva Plain
- #10The Far PavilionsM.M. Kaye