Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Overload
Entered Jan 28, 1979 · peaked at #1 on Feb 25, 1979 · 19 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 3, 1979
- Book Power
- 177.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 2
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 17
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 19
- January 1979 – June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Hailey | primary | 100% | 177.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Feb 25, 1979 on the timeline →- #1OverloadArthur Hailey
- #2ChesapeakeJames A. Michener
- #3War and RemembranceHerman Wouk
- #4The CoupJohn Updike
- #5The Stories of John CheeverJohn Cheever
- #6Second GenerationHoward Fast
- #7The Sixth CommandmentLawrence Sanders
- #8Fools DieMario Puzo
- #9The Far PavilionsM.M. Kaye
- #10Bright Flows the RiverTaylor Caldwell