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Proteus

Morris West

Entered Feb 25, 1979 · peaked at #8 on Mar 11, 1979 · 9 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 22, 1979

Book Power
34.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
9
February 1979 – April 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.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Morris Westprimary100%34.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 11, 1979 on the timeline →
  1. #1ChesapeakeJames A. Michener
  2. #2OverloadArthur Hailey
  3. #3War and RemembranceHerman Wouk
  4. #4The Stories of John CheeverJohn Cheever
  5. #5Dress GrayLucian K. Truscott IV
  6. #6Second GenerationHoward Fast
  7. #7The Sixth CommandmentLawrence Sanders
  8. #8ProteusMorris West
  9. #9The CoupJohn Updike
  10. #10EvergreenBelva Plain